While Theresa May’s office was barricaded this week, Boris Johnson threw his door open. The former foreign secretary has been holding back-to-back, one-on-one meetings in his Portcullis House office with Tory MPs to persuade them he should be their next leader. For Tory MPs more worried about their futures than the country’s, it is a powerful argument. No wonder the tide of opposition to Mr Johnson among those who know him best seems to be turning. If Mr Johnson, 54, has appeared absent from the public eye in recent weeks it…

Source: The Times May 24, 2019 23:05 UTC