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I'm not disputing that from the pure frame of which Tory leader can garner any level of public support, Johnson's the man if you go to the Country *now*. Well, actually to an extent I *am* disputing that, because a Party is bigger than its PM, and why would anyone want to support the Tories after they've sacked their winning PM, spent three months to elect a new anti-Midas leader who lasted barely two months longer, and then ran back to the man whose reputation they'd trashed?
Plus, Johnson's popularity ratings around the country as a whole are not exactly stellar these days. Maybe he still appeals to the Tory faithful, but not many others currently.
It won't happen. Johnson maybe can make a case for being leader after the Tories lose, because after all he can legitimately point to this chaos and their subsequent implosion at the impending GE as arising after he was dismissed; but as far as I can see he will have to wait until after that loss to have a chance.