Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie have been pictured relaxing at a Caribbean beach bar amid rumours back at home that he is set to make a bid for an extraordinary political comeback. A close friend said Mr Johnson was 'up for it' in the Conservative Party's leadership vote.
The former Prime Minister has been enjoying a break at the luxury Casa De Campo resort in the Dominican Republic. A fellow holidaymaker said they spotted the ex-Premier looking “chilled out”.
The photo of Mr Johnson, 58, and Carrie, 34, was taken at about 5pm last Friday, the Mirror reports. It was just hours after Kwasi Kwarteng was fired as Chancellor following market turmoil in the wake of his mini-budget.
The tourist told the Mirror: “It’s basically the most exclusive place you can be in the Dominican Republic. It’s quite a big resort, you’ve got exclusive hotels and villas within there - they’re humongous these places."
The British tourist added: "They were in quite deep conversation. It was fairly big news back in the UK.
"They just seemed all right in conversation, fairly relaxed. He just seemed fairly chilled out. The place where he was is a very nice part of the Dominican Republic, so it would be hard not to be relaxed where he was."
"He seemed quite normal to be honest. I didn’t go over or anything like that but just as we were leaving there was someone who I think was French got a photo with him - a girl. He was happy to have his photo taken with her."
A premier suite at the resort which boasts three white sand beaches can cost up to £13,250 for a week. It costs £1,076 a night to stay at one of the resort's villas.
Golfing packages are around £1,130 a night. The gated complex has eight restaurants along with shops, a beach club, marina, and equestrian centre plus a shooting course.
The holidaymaker said the sunshine getaway was “a bit of an escape” for the ex-PM, who is thought to be planning to travel back to Britain as the Tory leadership race gets underway.
Mr Johnson has also taken trips to Greece and Slovenia since his own resignation from Downing Street in July.
