“Tories in Surrey are lining Johnson up to be the party’s candidate in Reigate, a safe Tory seat, at the next general election. This news will probably come as a disappointment to Crispin Blunt, the prisons minister, who held the seat with a majority of 13,591 at the last general election….Many Tories believe that Johnson would still want to stand for parliament in 2015 even if he wins in London in May. This would mean he would make a triumphant return to parliament a year before his second term as mayor would end in 2016.”
For those of you who are geographically impaired, Reigate isn’t in London…
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