We have the Government that we should have had then, ready to counter the charge that Vote Leave scurried away from Brexit, rather than manning up to deliver it.
The key to promotion in this shuffle wasn’t primarily having backed Leave – it was supporting Johnson.
We can now see the new Government taking shape, after a dramatic bout of sackings and new appointments at the top.
The more centralised her decision-making became, the less control over events she actually had.
While there is no shortage of ideas, there has been a shortage of leadership. We need a Prime Minister who will take us through Brexit and confront the challenges beyond.
Its members must be signed up to leaving on October 31. Here’s a rough draft of what the top team might look like.
From the blog of the University of Liverpool academic: his detailed breakdown of the contest.
Of course, many of the sacked ministers – Fallon, Mitchell, Shapps and a dozen others are hoping for preferment under a Boris administration.
From the blog of the University of Liverpool academic: his detailed breakdown of the contest.
A big question today for Conservative MPs is: what sort of final stage, when the contest goes to the members, do they want?
From the blog of the University of Liverpool academic: his detailed breakdown of the contest.
Many will hope that Gove and Hunt duke it out in a constructive way for the right to take on the man who is the clear winner from the week’s events.
The only other candidate with momentum is Stewart – and it is almost impossible to see where he can glean the votes he needs.
Hunt is second on 43 votes, Gove third on 37, Raab fourth on 27, and Javid fifth on 23. Harper, Leadsom and McVey are out.
The Foreign Secretary has got tough with devocrats pursuing their own foreign policy, whilst his predecessor picks up several endorsements from Scottish and Welsh MPs.