In a statement, he insisted he had secured the 100 nominations needed to get onto the ballot paper - and that if he stood there was a "very good chance" he would be back in Downing Street by the end of the week. Mr Johnson said he had "reached out" to leadership rivals Mr Sunak and Ms Mordaunt to see if they could work together in the national interest, but it had not proved possible. Ms Mordaunt lags behind with the public support of 26. The race is now wide open for Mr Sunak, the former chancellor, who has more than 140 Tory MPs backing him. Mr Johnson had the public support of 59 MPs but required 100 to continue in the contest.
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