“…with Michael as Prime Minister we’d go to war with at least three countries at once…”
An awesome responsibility will greet the eventual winner. The new Prime Minister must rise to the greatest national challenge since that which confronted Churchill.
“I think that I’m somebody with a strong grasp of some of the social and economic divisions in our country and with a sense of direction for the future.”
Arron Banks’s Leave.EU has endorsed Leadsom, while Vote Leave has given a bump to Gove.
“Because of our decision on June 23rd, we are no longer bound to that EU model – we will have our freedom back.”
“I will prioritise new trade deals with the fastest growing parts of the world, a simpler tax system, and an immigration policy focused on bringing the most talented people to our country.”
The next Tory leader “has to be someone who believes in the opportunity of leaving the EU”.
An under-reported contributor to this week’s events is that they aren’t getting enough sleep.
Fox looks marooned. Gove is fighting to stay afloat…and the wind is in the sails of the Energy Minister.
Plus: Leadsom comes up on the rails. Why men should never wear red trousers. And: 100 years on from the Battle of the Somme.
Today, the Home Secretary’s distance and difference from the two men who have run the Government and the two others who planned to succeed them is serving her in good stead.
Great entertainment, perhaps; baleful overtones for Party and country, certainly.
Fox and Leadsom are on 13 per cent, Crabb is on 9 per cent, the rest are nowhere.