I'm sure that's what Boris has suggested but I can't see the party letting him stay until Autumn - no one is prepared to work with him so he can't put a cabinet together. He lies like he breathes and they all know it - how can anyone trust he wouldn't try and cling on if he gets to stay in charge until September. He can (and should) resign as PM and Raab can step up for continuity while they sort out a leadership election, which does not have to take months if they get their act together.
I'm no fan of Raab but that's a far more palatable option that toxic, useless Boris clinging on for another 3 months.
It will be interesting to see if Hunt runs again - he was a very close second to Johnson last time. He wasn't as popular in the party because he's a remainer and as we know, they wanted to get Brexit done. He's very, very quiet at the moment which could be an indication that he's preparing his battle plan. I hope he is. Rather him than Patel, Sunak or Zahawi.
Top possible runners are Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Jeremy Hunt, Sajid Javid, Ben Wallace, Penny Mordaunt, Penny Mordaunt and Tom Tugendhat.
I really like Rory Stewart and he was my first choice last time but he resigned as an MP because he refused to stay in the Conservative party under Johnson. I'm wondering if he will come back now Johnson is going, although he would need to stand and be elected somewhere.