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With his corn field jape Boris seems to be trying to validate the 57% of voters who say would he “make poor leader”

With his corn field jape Boris seems to be trying to validate the 57% of voters who say would he “make poor leader”

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Boris Johnson 'trolls' Theresa May by running through 'field of wheat' https://t.co/8ys3sebgJk — Sky News (@SkyNews) October 1, 2018 Blow for Boris's leadership hopes in YouGov/Times poll. 57%, more than any other contender, think he'd be a poor leader,. Gove has negative rating of 56%, Hunt 47%, Rees-Mogg 40% with Javid at 30% — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 29, 2018 And latest from the betting markets Boris loses the favourite slot in the Betfair next CON leader betting pic.twitter.com/p1L8ZS1w5i —…

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Cat meet pigeons

Cat meet pigeons

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Sunday TIMES: “May and Corbyn face double coup” #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/qD7n75C0Mj — Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) September 1, 2018 The best advice from an MP going into this autumn? “Buckle up.” The @ObserverUK Big read on the plotting, chaos and intrigue that lies ahead…https://t.co/FoTxZS9vAs pic.twitter.com/3bqD6p5vRZ — Michael Savage (@michaelsavage) September 2, 2018 Those hoping for a quiet Autumn on the politics front are set to be disappointed. Just when you thought politics couldn’t get any more exciting several newspapers are reporting…

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Allies of Boris worried that Tory MPs will practice safe X to avoid waking up with a dumb blonde

Allies of Boris worried that Tory MPs will practice safe X to avoid waking up with a dumb blonde

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Tory bosses urged to change leadership rules so Boris Johnson will have a better chance of being next PM https://t.co/NJvTscWK9n — Sun Politics (@SunPolitics) August 19, 2018 As long as MPs exclusively control who the final two candidates sent to the members are the leadership ambitions of Boris are set to be unfulfilled. For me the most interesting political story this week from a British standpoint was the desire of some supporters of Boris wishing to change the Tory leadership…

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Mr Johnson’s fate might have been sealed when CON MPs decided to stick with the woman who lost the CON majority at GE2017

Mr Johnson’s fate might have been sealed when CON MPs decided to stick with the woman who lost the CON majority at GE2017

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TMay June 9th 2017 In retrospect this was a huge rebuff to the ex-Mayor If you want to get an idea of the challenges Johnson faces with his fellow CON MPs cast your mind back to those heady two or three days following the last general election when Mrs May looked certain to be replaced. She had made the decision to go to the country early, run a campaign based almost solely on herself and it was her then top…

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It might not be his objective but the Arron Banks plan makes TMay’s survival more likely

It might not be his objective but the Arron Banks plan makes TMay’s survival more likely

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For it to work there has to be a vacancy and there isn’t one While LAB has continued its self destructive row on antisemitism the focus has been off the Tories in the past couple of weeks even though the blues are as split as ever over Brexit. Even so TMay might be pleased that all the latest ratings her net figures have her moving up while Corbyn has slipped sharply. Opinium, Deltapoll and YouGov now have her ahead of…

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Numerology. The next Conservative leader

Numerology. The next Conservative leader

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Let me let you in on a dirty secret.  An awful lot of lawyers are terrified of maths.  They can make words sit up and beg, but put them in front of a formula and they quiver.  When the rate of VAT rose to 20%, many lawyers were privately delighted because the calculation was so much easier to do.  Nevertheless, I have maths ahead.  You have been warned. The Conservative party leadership race is conducted under unusual rules.  The Parliamentary…

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The prospect of Johnson as leader should make Theresa’s position a bit more secure

The prospect of Johnson as leader should make Theresa’s position a bit more secure

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How many are going to no confidence her if he’s alternative? Much has been written about the incredible resilience of Theresa May who has managed to hang on to her job now for well over a year after losing the party it’s majority in the June 2017 general election. She became a contender in the post referendum Conservative leadership race in July 2016 with her backers arguing that she was the one for the party to get behind in order…

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