Possibly, but whether he can do so without cocking it up and making a complete dog’s breakfast of the whole schemozzle…?
I think much will depend on the results of the EU election, specifically how well the Brexit party does.
To paraphrase Animal House: I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part. And Boris is just the guy to do it.
That’s what Johnson has said. They’re out in October, deal or no deal.
As I may have mentioned a time or two above, Farage is not a Tory.
My favorite SDMB post of the day.
Here’s a pretty good CNN overview of May’s record, almost all of it bad: https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/24/uk/theresa-may-legacy-of-failure-analysis-intl-gbr/index.html
Owen Jones goes OFF on Theresa May.
https://www.indy100.com/article/owen-jones-theresa-may-resign-speech-tears-sympathy-8930096
Tory Party MP’s are among the most unpredictable constituents on earth. Not since Ted Heath has a favourite going into the contest went on to win the leadership. You can replace ‘unpredictable’ to describe Tory MP’s with ‘slippery shysters’ or ‘back-stabbers’.
Brilliant!
One of the things the Tories need to do is decide whether they want someone who is primarily a leader or someone who is primarily a manager. And then choose the person to fill that role.
I think the Tories primarily need a campaigner. You can take away from that who I think should get the job. Folk may not like it but just about everything else is secondary in politics. Without a campaigner/leader the Tories are not forming a new government anytime in the forseeable future.
The candidates are:
Andrea Leadsom, Rory Stewart, Esther McVey, Dominic Raab, Michael Gove, Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt and Matt Hancock
I’d say that the only three in with a realistic chance are Gove, Hunt, and Johnson. If the MPs narrow it down so that the last two standing are Boris + anybody else, party members will vote for Boris.
Aw, how charming. British vulgarities. 
The situation - and the person - demand no less.
Raab is very popular with MPs.
If Johnson is not in the final two candidates whoever ends up winning the contest will have to be seriously impressive at the job. Tory members, already disgruntled(to put it mildly) at the party’s failure on Brexit, will be seething at not having at least the opportunity to vote for Johnson. The opinions of party members are not necessarily the same as opinions of Tory voters, but there will be a massive overlap.
Positively Shakespearean. Bravo!
The Conservative Woman on Boris. It’s not pretty.
EU MEP results are coming in… any thoughts on how this will effect the selection of the PM? Brexit Party is doing disturbingly well…