The Return of Boris Johnson: Why now? | LBC analysis

Shelagh Fogarty speaks to ex-Boris Johnson advisor Tim Montgomerie, after the former PM Boris Johnson made a surprise appearance at a Tory campaign event.
During his speech, Boris Johnson called for voters to stop 'Starmergeddon'.
Boris Johnson's sudden appearance in support of Rishi Sunak has come as a surprise to many, with the two being unable to reconcile over differences in the past.
Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper described Mr Johnson's appearance as "a desperate new low" for Mr Sunak's campaign.
Tim Montgomerie tells Shelagh Fogarty that Boris Johnson 'is marmite', but 'there are a lot of voters who still like him.'
Despite having resigned from office after months of advising Boris Johnson as he saw 'problems in his Downing Street operations', Tim Montgomerie tells Shelagh Fogarty this was a strategic move from the Tories to 'gain attention' and to 'ask the Conservative vote if they want a Labour supermajority'.
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[@Rich.H68]

My grandfather would be very happy with what Boris Johnson's leadership has done to Britain. But then again, he was in the SS.

[@rockerjim8045]

so you are voting Reform then

[@mrsmiggins9465]

😂

[@uksubversion]

@@rockerjim8045 Behave!

[@jimmeltonbradley1497]

😂😂

[@Nickelodeon81]

😂

[@paulc1553]

I hate Boris Johnson. All the lies and especially Partygate when I lost three of my family to covid.

[@craig3420]

Brilliant..let's get reminded of partygate..vote these corrupt liars out

[@maxbean8781]

Boiled clown does embarrassing turn at a coastal Butlins

[@timsimmons5953]

The children loved it.

[@matthewcook9404]

Is that Boris “The Liar”. ?!?! 😂😂

[@mrsmiggins9465]

Yes that one! 😂

[@Dynasty1818]

Starmer is a liar, gone back on almost all his promises already.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

​@@Dynasty1818Having your "pancakes", 'ank?

[@darlik1]

​@@Dynasty1818 No he hasn't.

[@bernadetteparker585]

That's the one

[@richardmerriman4347]

Last minute help,like asking for the captain of the Titanic to lend a hand at the wheel😅

[@winstonfaulkner537]

ROFL 🤣🤣🤣

[@bhupindergoindi8754]

😂😂🤣😂

[@evanhughes7609]

Like the captain of the Titanic asking the iceberg, more like...

[@alundavies1016]

They really are desperate

[@FionaJane-vc2tw]

Did Sunak say come and help and I'll put you in the Lords so you can keep grifting off the tax payer? As for Johnson, looked p'd as usual and wearing Fabricant's hair.

[@redemptivepete]

And Fabricant's brain!

[@methanedirigible]

I have a theory that they are the same person - split personalities. But one of them only comes out when he’s reaaaally dehydrated, and the other when he’s all bloated after a big meal.

[@uksubversion]

Bojo, the clown in the ring of the Tory circus. Hilarious.

[@rosemarycuthbert4623]

This has surely been the most ludicrous campaign ever. Bojo also has to be the laziest pm ever. Mendacious and corrupt to the core

[@bryanevans8220]

Its time to brush out the Conservatives and have a clean Start vote Labour.

[@Dynasty1818]

Clean start eh? Both have 15-20 billion planned in spending cuts, which you'd know if you read the manifestos. But you vote Labour, so no doubt can't read.

[@sonofsomerset1695]

A clean start, we've had Labour before, they were useless then and they are even thicker now, they agree with the tories on the biggest issues, like pushing war and the net zero grift that will make us all poorer! So no, a true clean start is Reform!

[@DavidR_192]

Labour in governent, Lib Dems in opposition, with a little dose of Reform just for laughs.

[@ajones8699]

Only if you want more of the same.

[@colcocon6021]

He makes Michael Foot look like a Style Icon.

[@beatlebrian4404]

He only came back because he heard there was a party

[@AerodeonThorne]

He is Marmite, but he’s Marmite that’s been put in a jar of Nutella, pretending to be Nutella and not Marmite.

[@methanedirigible]

He’s ‘Marmite’ in the sense that he’s a yeast factory.

[@leedavis6000]

Sacrifices made by all of us. You having a laugh Tim but dim. We’ve had austerity for 14 years. While the number of billionaires in the uk has quadrupled! Sacrifice you wouldn’t know what that is if it smacked you in the face!

[@alana8863]

Final step for Sunak: To tell the electorate that if he's re-elected he'll appoint Truss as Chancellor.

[@ChrisKeziahHyde]

Why now? Because the Tories know they've got nothing left to attack Starmer with and they're desperate.

[@StuAnderson90]

Shelagh "ooh someone's at the door" Me "it's his credibility come looking for him" 😂

[@Sat-Man-Alpha]

Whenever I think British politics can't get any more crazy, I'm immediately convinced of the opposite. Now the only question remains whether the eligible voters in the UK want to change and improve their situation or whether they are after 14 years of Tory rule so dismayed that they don't vote at all. 😢

[@stevesmith4667]

Boris in, makes more votes for the Labour Party.

[@petelawless811]

In your narrow mind maybe

[@rb1062]

Er no - more votes for Reform!

[@douglasfox-roberts]

​@@petelawless811Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Still tugging that forelock? 😄

[@lesleypatriciajordison4890]

What an insult to Marmite!

[@jasoncooper9391]

Desperate Tories

[@wrestle2uk]

NHS, Social Care, The Economy and Brexit.

[@prometheus23c]

Only a party as out of touch as the Tories would ever think that wheeling out this clown would help them get any votes.

[@plkrtn]

The biggest problem this country faces *is* going to go away when this self serving set of charlatans is booted out for a generation tomorrow.

[@dodgyscampton5668]

Labour Supermajority or Conservative Supercriminality? Take your pick!

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Tim is an accessory and not a "fashion" one. Sounds like he's had a liquid lunch. 😊

[@Traceva]

In the U.K. there is no such thing as a “Super Majority” The sooner we all stop using this word the better Landline will cover what happens on Friday It will be Super, granted I hope the Tories are no longer the Official Opposition as a consequence SUPER!!

[@drasticplasticaustin]

We had Rishi:s early D-Day departure, the betting scandal and now this! They really do know how to trash themselves.

[@brianferguson7840]

The man who destroyed the tories...... and they bring him back to remind us just EXACTLY WHY WE HATE THEM !!!!!😂😂😂

[@atlasgabriel5461]

I've endured Tory austerity for 14 years, ive made sacrifices, its time for people with money to start making sacrifices.

[@corradomancini3271]

A bit of class envy?

[@anandvn5654]

Again..when the call was made Boris was paid.... Bullllaaa

[@27july1954]

I think it is the other way around. Many voters dislike Johnson. For some that is insultingly mild. He is politically toxic, but could I suppose in selected areas encourage some Reform UK voters back to the Tories, and discourage others from leaving.

[@rb1062]

You have very little understanding of Reform voters. Reform are getting votes from people who are disgusted with Johnson and the Tory Party. If anything, he's just reminded them of past awful 5 years and added a few votes to Reform.

[@ChrystallaPsoma]

Zunak will resign on Friday so they will have a leadership contest

[@ajones8699]

They felt they weren't completely unelectable and just wanted to make sure..

[@Traceva]

Tim has a future in Radio Give him a job

[@buntyjoy1800]

Of courrse, he cant say no to a party 🎉

[@winstonfaulkner537]

😂😂

[@methanedirigible]

He joined the Tories accidentally. Just followed a sign that read ‘Conservative Party’ and thought _’that’s a bit of me that is’_

[@giaimojessica]

Calculations? For me is DESPERATION 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheF1uffyOne.50]

Straws and clutching.

[@Traceva]

I like the way Tim talks I sometimes even agree with what he says Tim speaks from the heart Which is very refreshing Such a pity that he’s a Tory

[@TerribleCovers11]

Why now? Because there is still more grifting to be done!

[@andyking6051]

Boris still don't get it or it's a tory hatchet job .

[@ipohtennischannel5482]

Should they have invited him on board sooner? They probably did, you silly mare! 😅

[@methanedirigible]

I like to imagine, as Tim slurs his contributions, that he’s calling from a phone booth. And in between sentences, he’s taking swigs from a bottle inside a brown paper bag.

[@BobsunDugnutt]

There's only one story involving De Pffefel Johnson I want to know about. 👻

[@andrewwrench1959]

"Sacrifice will have to be made by all of us." Unspoken - "apart from out super rich donors".

[@DavidR_192]

Urgh, Johnson is about the only person I dislike more than Tim Montgomerie.

[@coppershark1973]

All the BILLIONS STOLEN by the TORIES could have been spent on finishing HS2. But yeah, MONE needed a super yacht.

[@SplitFinn]

Conservatives pine for Boris Johnson for one reason, and one reason alone. He knows how to win.

[@terry9819]

The election is only a day away they need someone to organise the election party!

[@simonhbacon]

The myth of Boris Johnson's popularity. 🙄🙄🙄 Johnson went in to 2019 with popularity figures on a par with the "uninspiring" Kier Starmer.

[@bryangeake5826]

Then we need to join the EU, if we can!

[@rb1062]

From what I can see, the EU is starting to fracture.

[@bryangeake5826]

@@rb1062 From what I see of the 27 states that make up the EU only a handfull have become Hard Right in their domestic politics (Hungary, Holland, Slovakia, Italy and not yet France) and none of this group are saying the EU should dissolve. So what is your contary evidense?

[@petelawless811]

@@bryangeake5826you mean from what you choose to see but are very wrong about

[@bryangeake5826]

@@petelawless811 That is the fact, the EU is not fracturing as is suggested, or show me your evidense to the contary that you appear very confident about?

[@bryangeake5826]

@@petelawless811 ...for example, La Pen [who is not in power] no longer is supporting a Frexit, as she has seen what Brexit has done. What she wants, and the Italian PM, is more of the EU's resources and further opt outs. That is the level of this 'fracturing' of the EU! Or you detail your evidense to the contary!

[@annaclarke7643]

I think UK’s ‘elite’ schools should change their syllabus. By including ‘ethics and morality in public life’ as a core requirement, would change the UK more quickly than you can blink. Of course it all depends what these core issues would include.

[@bigblue6917]

Yet another example of Sunak's wrong footedness. If there's a wrong why to do it he'll find it. As for Johnson coming back, yes please. We need reminding how bad the torys are.

[@pinkpanther7030]

BoJo is now trying to be back and even to pursue his ambition to lead the Tories. However this is hard to predict as his reputation his tainted and people don't forget at ease.🤔

[@rosemarycuthbert4623]

Time for reform of the ludicrous first past the post system. Grossly undemocratic

[@jimmeltonbradley1497]

The Tories are clearly all scrabbling about in the increasingly shallow talent puddle. Johnson is the old bloater flapping about and gasping for air. But that hasn't stopped the media from giving him yet more of the oxygen of publicity.

[@littleglimmer2325]

Step 1 in Johnson's challenge to Farage for the right-wing top spot. He waited for the perfect moment - he can claim he tried to help but, Tories already sunk, can't be blamed. The real battle is coming against Farage.

[@hastingsboy0413]

Dim Tim surfaces again. He really is clueless.

[@richwinn6048]

If boris is the answer what the f..k is the question

[@simondimps1002]

nothing is greated yet so just wait and see

[@mjl2904]

Tories need to go away for a generation (15 years). A lot of their MPs need to age out and get fed up of the wilderness as they don’t have power and influence, then get some fresh talent that is more sensible.

[@chrisspencer6502]

lol, Boris is back. Yet the conservatives couldn’t get him to run as a mp

[@Rick-xp5sy]

No they don’t like him at all, he’s despised as much as starmer.

[@alana8863]

No. Let's stick with facts. Johnson is one of the most despised people in the country. Ask any family that he harmed during Covid. No politican is loved by the majority of the populace, but Starmer is widely recognised as a decent human being. The opinion polls show that your claims are not true - they are your opinion projected onto the rest of us.

[@anthonyclegg1511]

He's too tight to go to a decent barber. 🤡.

[@mup_pet]

Oh joy, the ex-advisor to the arsonist prattles on about how we need to be honest, and demonstrates that he hasn't bothered to read Labour's manifesto.

[@victoriabrooks7009]

VOTE REFORM or get the same 😊

[@timsimmons5953]

If your are a lunatic easily led and gullible, vote reform it is the only way they say.

[@col.hertford9855]

No, vote reform and get the same. They are just more bigoted Tories.

[@richardmerriman4347]

Get Farage,😂 bargain basement Boris.

[@karinbultje2835]

Oh dear another deluded Tory. Some sacrifices have to be made blablabla. Never by them though.

[@michaelkavanagh5947]

Who? lol.

[@hollyjenkins1500]

Voting reform

[@sonofsomerset1695]

Excellent, glad you're not a media manipulatyed tribal voter for the corrupt establishment parties. Reform rebels let's go!

[@willharris2278]

This is now your chance to put Britain first. Our country needs you to do your duty and vote REFORM.

[@nickharvey7233]

No thanks Botski.

[@El_Paracleto]

Sorry, Spirit says 'NO' and He's gonna move AGAINST um...YW...

[@django3422]

Why do all RefUK fans on KZbin sound like cheap, Yankee propaganda generators?

[@petelawless811]

To anyone on the fence about who to vote for and maybe thinking about voting Labour I urge you to go threw the videos on lbc and read the vile comments and responses of people who support Labour and then ask yourself is this the sort of people I want to associates with

[@django3422]

So you'll be voting... Lib Dems? Greens? They seem the only options left to you, based on that reasoning.

[@paulLFC93]

@petelawless811 1 more day to go Pete. Labour majority 🤣🤣

[@karloskittson]

So he can place himself as the main voice of opposition.