‘Boris is a very tough, very resilient person. … I’m sure he’ll come through this.’ That was David Cameron on the Prime Minister.

‘I’m confident that he’ll pull through because if theres one thing I know, he’s a fighter.’ That was Dominic Raab.

I’m quoting those two simply because they’re the most prominent examples, but there are lots of other people who have spoken of Boris Johnson in similar terms in the last day or so.