Its members must be signed up to leaving on October 31. Here’s a rough draft of what the top team might look like.
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.”
But no fun at all for May and Hammond.
Sky Data’s numbers suggest that there is no public agreement on how to bear the large costs of the proposal.
We apologise for not being swept away by the mania for new announcements that infests this leadership contest.
It’s easy to pledge nice-sounding achievements in the far future, but irresponsible not to explain the costs now.
Truss and Davidson take the other podium spots, challenging the assumptions held in some quarters about the Tory grassroots.
It could just be that the next Minister to depart will be none other than the Prime Minister herself.
There are worrying echoes of the 1970’s in the re-polarisation of the political debate today. Populism is on the rise.
In a field this crowded and with an electorate so, er, sophisticated, make no assumptions about which names will be forwarded to Party members.
The contest may or may not produce a Snow White. But statistically, there are bound to be more than seven dwarves.
All that passing May’s deal would do is lose the DUP, split the Party, boost Farage, and usher in an election. And the deal is bad in any event.
The pattern of results over many months suggests that the worse the position of the Conservatives, the better he does.
Addressing a pro-EU rally, the aide to the Chancellor says he did not come into politics to do things which he believes are wrong.
Next time round, we will try run-offs between some of the main candidates, which are a bit ovedue.
All that passing May’s deal would do is lose the DUP, split the Party, boost Farage, and usher in an election. And the deal is bad in any event.