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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Return of Boris Johnson as PM would be ‘nailed-on disaster’, says former minister

Rishi Sunak has won the backing of the leading Eurosceptic Steve Baker, who warned that Boris Johnson returning as prime minister would be a “guaranteed nailed-on disaster” that would cause the government to implode.

Sunak, who is the frontrunner to succeed Liz Truss, has now far exceeded the necessary 100 MPs to get on the ballot.

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