Our columnist is interviewing each of the Conservative leadership candidates on his LBC show – here’s the fifth.
“For the last few years, we’ve been distracted and divided. We need a fresh start.”
We also have the result from yesterday evening’s ’92 Group hustings – in which Johnson scooped almost half the vote.
So no more dropouts after Sam Gyimah’s departure earlier this afternoon. The first ballot will be held on Thursday.
The Conservative Party’s version of Candide contrasted with the stiff, decent voice of the Establishment.
Also: don’t cut members out of the contest. And the right exam question for candidates is: who can best win a general election?
Each week, we’ll be summarising the announcements made by those vying to succeed May as Prime Minister.
The vocation of the front-runner is not to mess up. And he hasn’t. Indeed, he has picked up support – and upped the pace.
Each week, our panel of John O’Sullivan, Rachel Wolf, Trevor Phillips, Tim Montgomerie and Marcus Roberts will analyse and assess what’s happening.