Her performance at the Coronation won the Leader of the House an adoring public, and indicated that despite her many critics she is still a potential successor to Sunak.
The author compares politics to a game of snakes and ladders, but demonstrates that it is actually far harder than that.
My advice is to unite around a candidate who’s likeable, conservative and comes across to the public. That’s Badenoch.
No Conservative leader has lost a challenge as Prime Minister, but neither have any survived their victories by as much as a year.
He says he’s best placed to deliver Brexit, slash corporation tax and beat Corbyn. And adds “I am not going to criticise Boris for going to a posher public school than me.”
He is doing well because managerialism and bureaucratic language are not enough.
A run-off between him and Johnson would risk being seen as a continuation of the “psychodrama” between the two men.
The danger zone is between about 105 to 120 or more votes against her – i.e: a slice more than a third of the vote.
Those who voted against same-sex marriage were more likely to support Leadsom than those who voted for the legislation, whilst the opposite was true for Gove.
“I should either have paused before supporting Boris…or, having agreed to support Boris, I should have stuck with it.”
Comparisons to Labour’s Corbynista woes are misplaced.
Can Party members really be trusted any more than Labour’s to choose a good leader?
I can’t accept that I’m ‘me’ because, say, I’m a woman – above and beyond all the undefinable intricacies that constitute my self.
Complete with “a tonality-skewing trombone gliss at the end.”
MPs hardly have a great track record of selecting suitable candidates – and the current system allows for coronations when needed.