Lord Marland, a Conservative peer and long-time friend who led Johnson’s campaign for London mayoralty, said there was a “distinct possibility” he would target No 10 again. But he said the prime minister had told him he wanted first to “put hay in the loft” and join the international speaking circuit, where he could earn more than a million pounds a year. Johnson is said to fear a parliamentary inquiry into whether he misled MPs over the No 10 party scandal will be used by critics to end his political career. Preparing to publish legal
