A lot of Conservative MPs are making big claims about bringing down the government if they try to pursue a WTO Brexit. I say: call their bluff. They won’t do it. As soon Boris becomes PM (assuming he does), he needs to lay down the law: this is what is happening. The Brexiteers who threatened […]
There seems to be a lot of this sort of thinking happening at the moment: The Establishment is clearly trying to smear Boris in any way possible. They’re frightened of him. He’s the anti-Establishment candidate. They must fear that he’s really going to achieve Brexit. So he’s the man for me. If they don’t want […]
If you’d ask me a few days ago what the odds are on Boris Johnson actually doing a No Deal Brexit would have sung you the bit from Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds: The chances of Boris getting No Deal Are a million to one, he said. The chances of Boris getting No Deal […]
There are suddenly a rash of determined and blatant media efforts to portray Boris Johnson as unstable — for example: And he is said to be so disturbed about his divorce from Marina there have been questions raised about his fitness to run the country. One pal said: “He is yearning for Marina and […]
Some people wanted a Boris coronation to save the pointlessness of a month run-off between Boris and Hunt, when it’s obvious Boris will win. I can see one advantage of that — getting Theresa May out of office before she does any more damage. Others want the party hustings to take place in order that […]
Disappointing rumour from the Telegraph: As many as one third of Theresa May’s top team could be replaced by a new cadre of rising star politicians being lined up to sit in a Boris Johnson Cabinet. A third is the number that should be kicked out of the party, not just out of cabinet. The […]