of what is needed. clearly, he s going to stand, there is a great deal of support for him. people have a choice whether to make their names public or not. but the people doing the numbers for boris campaign tell me they have the numbers, so the 100 that is necessary are there. another supporter said borisjohnson had promised to run a tighter ship if he went back to downing street. an investigation by mps is due to start soon about what he told parliament over the covid rule breaking last time he was in charge. boris is an amazing figure in our party, an incredible campaigner, he lights up any room and if he was in charge of the campaigning, he could be an incredible asset, but as prime minister, we would be absolutely shackled to somebody who was bound to bring us down. the labour leader again said
would be best for the conservative party, but most importantly our country. borisjohnson has a mandate. he won convincingly that 2019 government. that was an exciting 2019 manifesto and we have to get on with that. we have covid to get on with that. we have covid to deal with, brexit, a war in ukraine, we need to charge on with that 2019 manifesto and hopefully we will see a conservative majority in the next general election. lets will see a conservative ma ority in the next general election. lets talk about that- the next general election. lets talk about that. having the next general election. lets talk about that. having the the next general election. lets talk| about that. having the governments priorities changed since then? he was elected to get brexit done, which he did, but now the priority is the cost of living crisis, isn t it? ., ., w ., it? you are right, he faced an extraordinary it? you are right, he faced an extraordinary time it? you are right, he faced an ext
has been communication between the proposed candidates today? it has been communication between the proposed candidates today? proposed candidates today? it does seem that way- proposed candidates today? it does seem that way. it s proposed candidates today? it does seem that way. it s reported - proposed candidates today? it does seem that way. it s reported boris i seem that way. it s reported boris johnson had a conversation with penny mordaunt earlier this afternoon in which he asked her to stand aside and support him for the leadership, but i m told by one senior supporter of penny mordaunt thatis senior supporter of penny mordaunt that is not going to happen. in their words, that is not going to happen. in theirwords, penny that is not going to happen. in their words, penny mordaunt can t see how he can in any way bring this ability we now urgently need. attempts to do some sort of a deal or a fit, but as things stand, rishi sunak and borisjohnson met yesterday. it doesn t s
numbers continue to tech up, but as i say, borisjohnson in terms of public support is quite a long way short. i public support is quite a long way short. ~ ., i. public support is quite a long way short. ~ ., ,, , public support is quite a long way short. ~ ., , ~ , short. i know you will be keeping oure es short. i know you will be keeping your eyes on short. i know you will be keeping your eyes on the short. i know you will be keeping your eyes on the numbers. - short. i know you will be keeping | your eyes on the numbers. thank short. i know you will be keeping - your eyes on the numbers. thank you. paul bristow is the conservative mp for peterborough. he s supporting boris johnson. how confident are you that boris johnson will officially declare his running? i’m johnson will officially declare his runninu? ., , , johnson will officially declare his runninu? , running? i m absolutely confident he has the sunport running? i m absolutely confident he has the support to r
there should be a general election to let the public decide. there are worries among tory mps that mr sunak would not be able to win votes in the same way as mrjohnson when the next election is called. but for now, he is the only declared candidate who is certain of a place on the ballot tomorrow. helen catt, bbc news. rishi sunak is the second candidate to declare, following penny mordaunt, who announced her candicacy on friday. mr sunak held talks with borisjohnson last night, who has yet to publically declare that he ll be entering the race. the bbc s tally indicates that mr sunak has already received the backing of 146 mps. that s significantly more than the 100 needed, to enter the ballot. borisjohnson has 57 and penny mordaunt has 24. joining me now is our political correspondent jonathan blake.