Emails reveal Boris Johnson laying groundwork for election campaign
Signs indicate No 10 on election footing as PM plans meetings to come up with manifesto ideas
Boris Johnson’s No 10 operation is increasingly on an election footing, with leaked internal emails revealing he was due to meet the political strategist Sir Lynton Crosby and Conservative advisers as he faces intense pressure to come up with manifesto ideas quickly.
According to a well-placed source, Johnson had a meeting set up in the next few days with Crosby, the election guru who worked on the campaigns of David Cameron in 2015 and Theresa May in 2017.