Boris Returns To Parliament

Boris Johnson will be back in parliament in 2015. That much we know.  "Now is the time to stop the speculation and the shilly-shallying, we might as well knock that on the head and be clear," he told me in an interview.
Officially the Prime Minister and other Cabinet ministers are tweeting and texting their delight that a "star player" is back on the national Conservative team.

A day after Baroness Warsi's unexpected resignation, the PM was dealt another morning surprise on his holidays.

Mr Johnson is one of the very few frontbencher politicians of any party who can cut through to young voters. In return, the Mayor predicts - publicly - that David Cameron is going to win a majority.

The bigger picture is far more complicated and entwined with Tory polling prospects.

If the Conservatives do well and Mr Cameron is returned to Downing Street, Mr Johnson will remain as London Mayor and an MP for a year, confirming to me he would not initially serve in the Cabinet.