'I'LL BE IN CHARGE'
Boris Johnson says HE will be calling the shots at No 10 – not girlfriend Carrie – as he fights for PM job
BORIS Johnson insists only he will be calling the shots at Downing Street not his girlfriend Carrie as he fights for the top job.
BoJo has been dating the 31-year-old ex-PR chief since last year, and the pair are said to be "very much in love".
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Sources have said the Tory leadership hopeful wanted to marry his girlfriend "as soon as the time is right", meaning she would move into No 10 with him.
Carrie has been praised for having the power to "take charge of Boris", but there are concerns she will have a major role in his political decisions.
IN CONTROL
Just last week, she rowed with BoJo's campaign team, as she reportedly thought it was being "mishandled".
And since their blazing row at her Camberwell flat, Mr Johnson has been unable to comment on their relationship, insisting saying, "I just don't talk about that kind of thing".
But speaking in The Daily Mail, he finally said: "I will be deciding what we do. And I will be getting on with it."
The Tory leadership race is set to end in weeks, with the winner announced on July 23.
Boris said he is keen to "take nothing for granted", so he doesn't "want to talk about anybody".
THE 'STITCH-UP'
Last month, concerned neighbours claimed they heard screaming, shouting, plate-smashing and Carrie shouting "get off me" and "get out of my flat".
Johnson can allegedly be heard refusing to leave the flat and telling his girlfriend to “get off my f***ing laptop” before a loud crash is heard in the recording.
Carrie then reportedly told him he had ruined a sofa with red wine and added: "You just don’t care for anything because you’re spoilt. You have no care for money or anything."
Sources close to the couple said they saw the recording as a "stitch-up"and thought the row was like lots of couples have.
'SHE IS SMITTEN'
Just days after the leak they were spotted cosying up in a garden in the Sussex countryside.
Many have speculated that the snaps were staged to show a united front and save Boris' bid for No10.
A friend played down the row and said the pair, who have a 24-year age gap between them, are still "very much in love".
They said: "The truth is that they love each other very much and want to get married as soon as the time is right.
"Boris only has eyes for Carrie and she is totally smitten with him. The age gap is irrelevant. It just works.
"Any suggestion otherwise is just people causing trouble".
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Mr Johnson's hopes of becoming the next prime minister received a boost as a poll of Tory members suggested he was on course for a comfortable victory over Jeremy Hunt, with three-quarters of Conservatives supporting him.
Mr Johnson is backed by 74 per cent of Tory members against 26 per cent for Mr Hunt, according to a YouGov poll for The Times, carried out between July 1 and 5.
It is already too late to win over some Tory members, whose ballot papers have already been filled in and returned to party HQ.
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