Boris Johnson Is Slim, Trimmed and Ready to Fight for Power

  • Former foreign secretary says he’ll stand for Tory leadership
  • He has a campaign team in place and policies beyond Brexit
Boris Johnson on his bicycle as he arrives at the Houses of Parliament on May 15.Photographer: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP
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For a man who has made his name as a comical shambles, cracking jokes on talk-shows and scruffing up his famous blond mop, Boris Johnson is taking a deadly serious approach to his work.