Have some sympathy for Janice's observation: who else? That is, if you are obliged to look at the likely candidates from across the tory front benches then, given they are a dismal lot, its hard to identify that brilliant candidate to replace Johnson. Looking further afield its easy - especially if you look beyond westminster. I stood on something the other day that, on reflection, I'd put forward as likely to be better than Johnson. But Janice is correct to restrict our thinking to the tory ministers and here we all would struggle to identify a great future PM. They would not be worse than Johnson, that is a feat near impossible to reach, but it seems unlikely that anyone of them would be so much better. Their behaviour this week confirms this.
Alan Clark ● 1815d