Plotting Boris Johnson has hosted a 'very jolly' drinks bash for MPs and plans a new moneybags speech - despite his No10 comeback bid ending in humiliation. The MP invited 60 people last night to his new office in Westminster, where he joked managing the Tory party was like handling his two kids on his rushed flight back from the Caribbean. Mr Johnson flew back from a Dominican Republic holiday, taken while he was meant to be in Parliament, and spent a weekend trying to launch a run for No10 - only to pull out when key allies abandoned him. Arch-loyalists Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg were among those who clinked Champagne on Tuesday night as he gave the speech - thought to be the first of a few for supporters over the coming months. Despite promising to support his rival Rishi Sunak he also warned he would 'protect his legacy' on Ukraine, Brexit, levelling up and the Tories' 2019 manifesto. Boris Johnson on the flight back from the Dominican Republic ( SKY NEWS) An MP at the drinks said they were 'very jolly', adding: 'I don't think he has ruled out the option of a return some day, but it was not spoken about. 'He explained why he didn't put his name forward to the membership for a ballot.' It is the latest in a string of interventions from Mr Johnson - who last night gave his first TV interview since quitting, and is travelling to the COP27 climate summit in a move that could humiliate his successor. Meanwhile he is plotting his second money-grabbing speech in a few months - despite still being paid £84,144 a year as the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip. He is listed as giving an address of up to an hour on December 2 at an 'international symposium' on blockchain, which promises 'a new interoperability dimension coupling DeFi and CeFi'. Given th){kind=link}
Undeterred by his humiliating comeback bid, the former Prime Minister hosted 60 people for drinks in his office and is listed as speaking at a blockchain symposium in Singapore
Plotting Boris Johnson has hosted a “very jolly” drinks bash for MPs and plans a new moneybags speech – despite his No10 comeback bid ending in humiliation.
The MP invited 60 people last night to his new office in Westminster, where he joked managing the Tory party was like handling his two kids on his rushed flight back from the Caribbean.
Mr Johnson flew back from a Dominican Republic holiday, taken while he was meant to be in Parliament, and spent a weekend trying to launch a run for No10 – only to pull out when key allies abandoned him.
Arch-loyalists Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg were among those who clinked Champagne on Tuesday night as he gave the speech – thought to be the first of a few for supporters over the coming months.