An early election “hasn’t occurred” to Boris Johnson he claimed, but he refused to rule out calling a snap poll. The Prime Minister said he would not “start talking about politics” at a time when he was dealing with the cost-of-living crisis and the war in Ukraine.
The PM has said he has a new mandate at Westminster following his victory in the confidence vote, despite 41 per cent of his own MPs deciding he should go, and was asked whether he would also seek a fresh mandate from the country. He repeatedly failed to rule out the prospect of going to the country before the next scheduled election in 2024.
Johnson, a former journalist, told reporters accompanying him on the trip to the Nato summit in Madrid: “Do you know what, I’ve realised where I’ve been going wrong with all this. I’ve got to recognise that years and years ago, I used to do the kind of jobs that you all do now, and it was a great, great life and a great privilege.
