The brilliant Cassetteboy’s done Boris Johnson’s leadership bid and it’s got our vote

John Plunkett. Updated May 17th, 2019

Boris Johnson took exactly nobody by surprise by confirming he wants to be Tory leader when Theresa May steps down.

And there was no shortage of responses to that although this one is the best, by the always brilliant Cassetteboy.

New! Boris Johnson's Leadership Bid pic.twitter.com/HOwKNjuLSC

— Cassetteboy (@Cassetteboy) May 16, 2019

Beautifully done.

Bet you had that one in drafts for a while

— Emma How (@Em_FHow) May 16, 2019

Possibly the finest speech ever delivered by an Etonian,

— SB Sweeney (@sb_sweeney) May 16, 2019

Genius! Bravo!

— Steve Cannon (@Steedix) May 16, 2019