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Betting on when Boris Johnson ceases to be Foreign Secretary

Betting on when Boris Johnson ceases to be Foreign Secretary

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When asked if they will resign, Cabinet ministers are traditionally very quick to say no if the answer is no. Boris just pointedly didn't. — Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) September 18, 2017 Boris Johnson wd be 'happy, happy, happy' to quit May's government, says his dad Stanley. Top hit by @KayBurley https://t.co/jf5R1i8eig — Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) September 18, 2017 Why I think Boris is about to F Off from the F. Off. Paddy Power have a market up on…

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Infamy, infamy, they’ve all got in for May

Infamy, infamy, they’ve all got in for May

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The front page of The Sunday Telegraph. Sunday Times says Gove & Boris have mended their relationship. Feels like the end game for Mrs May pic.twitter.com/R8rBnaEcYG — TSE (@TSEofPB) September 16, 2017 This is starting to feel like the end of IDS. He also went shortly after a Tory Party conference. https://t.co/IgFkK1zOhr — TSE (@TSEofPB) September 16, 2017 Infamy, infamy, they've all got in for May. https://t.co/FnekAmpL3d — TSE (@TSEofPB) September 16, 2017 TSE

Boris has blown it again

Boris has blown it again

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In the aftermath of the referendum, the job of Prime Minister seemed to be Boris Johnson’s for the taking.  As one of the leaders of the Leave campaign with proven star quality and the intellectual backing of Michael Gove, he looked to be clear on goal.  But from six yards out he skied it over the bar.  Somehow he lost the backing of Michael Gove and he withdrew. The eventual victor, Theresa May, made him Foreign Secretary but it rapidly…

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It is either bye bye Boris or bye bye Theresa, or bye bye both of them

It is either bye bye Boris or bye bye Theresa, or bye bye both of them

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Saturday's Daily TELEGRAPH: "Boris: yes, we WILL take back £350m from EU for NHS" #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/YVZyhBQJxO — Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) September 15, 2017 https://twitter.com/timothy_stanley/status/908791853151145985 Is Boris going to put this on the side of his leadership campaign bus? pic.twitter.com/LhaRRRhWtd — TSE (@TSEofPB) September 15, 2017 Boris Johnson told No10 he wouldn't comment before Theresa's speech. Now he's defying her with his own red lines https://t.co/WYJOEYv0ZU — Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) September 15, 2017 Yes! Here we go, here we…

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Mrs May’s Italian job could see Boris quit

Mrs May’s Italian job could see Boris quit

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Downing Street puts Boris on "flounce-watch"https://t.co/tHZSpfJQBR — Francis Elliott (@elliottengage) September 14, 2017 You’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off Mrs May, not lose your Foreign Secretary. Overnight it was revealed that Mrs May will give a speech in Florence a week on Friday. The Telegraph says [she will] set out her vision of post-Brexit Britain in her most important speech about the EU since January. Downing Street announced that the Prime Minister would speak in Italy on Friday,…

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Johnson’s refusal to back his boss on student immigration will surely lead to recriminations

Johnson’s refusal to back his boss on student immigration will surely lead to recriminations

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Is Johnson on manoeuvres? His refusal to back PM on immigration data looks interesting https://t.co/AAoXqydrmv — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) August 25, 2017 Get ready for an intense 6 weeks of politicking We are nearly at the end of August and only weeks away from the conferences of the main parties. The most interesting one will be the Tories in Manchester which could just might be the prelude to a leadership challenge and contest. Mrs. May called the election three year…

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Former runaway favourite Johnson now slips to just a 6.6% chance in the next CON leader betting

Former runaway favourite Johnson now slips to just a 6.6% chance in the next CON leader betting

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Amber Rudd, Jacob Rees Mogg, and David Davis, now ahead of him One of the little commented upon factors since GE2017 is that the former Tory golden boy appears to have lost the midas touch. Certainly there has been a big move away from him on the betting markets and he’s now in fourth place. For several years, even before he returned to the Commons at the 2014 Uxbridge by-election, there’s been a widespread assumption that if ex-mayor Johnson could…

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This is why you should be laying Boris as next Tory leader/PM

This is why you should be laying Boris as next Tory leader/PM

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Video: Boris Johnson being by Eddie Mair a few years ago, the interview did not go well for Boris. The Spectator have a great piece by James Forsyth about the next Tory leadership contest Boris, though, has had it even worse than most frontrunners. His problem is that there are not one but four groups who have it in for him. The Cameron/Osborne gang will never forgive him for ending the career of both their king and their dauphin, and…

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