Johnson loyalists call for his return as Truss ends short, chaotic term

Allies of former leader Boris Johnson pushed for him to make a return, less than two months after leaving office

Boris Johnson loyalists were quick to say the former premier, who quit in a mire of sleaze, was the best choice to lead the party out of its current difficulties.

Boris Johnson will need the support of at least 100 Tory MPs if he is to make a spectacular comeback to replace Liz Truss who quit as Tory leader after just 44 days in Downing Street.

Ms Truss’s resignation, signalling the end of the shortest term by any British prime minister, followed a botched financial statement, the loss of two of her most senior Cabinet ministers and an open revolt by Tory MPs.