article_snippet.sent: Boris Johnson admitted last night Boris Johnson hopes to be considered to lead the Conservative Party after David Cameron.
article_snippet.sent: But in Boris Johnson most candid remarks to date, Boris Johnson finally conceded: 'It would be a wonderful thing to be thought to be in a position to be considered for such an honour.'
article_snippet.sent: Ambitious: Boris Johnson admitted last night Boris Johnson hopes to be considered to lead the Conservative Party after David Cameron.
article_snippet.sent: However Boris Johnson insisted Boris Johnson thinks it is 'highly unlikely'.
article_snippet.sent: Boris Johnson, running to become MP in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, has long been tipped as a future leader of the Conservative Party, most recently by David Cameron.
article_snippet.sent: Boris Johnson said last month Boris Johnson would serve a 'full second term' until 2020, but not a third and named as potential successors Mr Johnson, Home Secretary Theresa May and Chancellor George Osborne.
article_snippet.sent: Yesterday, Boris Johnson said: 'It is at least five years away which is an aeon in British politics, by which time whatever my personal ambitions may be there will be thrusting young men and women who will be overtaking me and who knows, it will all be different.'
article_snippet.sent: Eye on the prize: Mr Johnson, running to become MP in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, has long been tipped as a future leader of the Conservative Party, most recently by David Cameron.
article_snippet.sent: Potential successors: David Cameron named Home Secretary Theresa May and Chancellor George Osborne .
highlights_snippet.sent: Boris Johnson said Boris Johnson hopes to be considered for Tory leadership after PM .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: David Cameron named Mr Johnson as one of three potential successors .