Tory leadership contest 2019

Boris Johnson’s planning for government

13 July 2019 7:38 pm

Boris Johnson had been refusing to engage with the question of Cabinet appointments and the like until he was through…

Boris Johnson struggles through interview with Andrew Neil

13 July 2019 5:31 am

Boris Johnson just faced by far his toughest interview of the campaign. He was pressed hard on Brexit, Kim Darroch’s…

Boris Johnson must remember: In victory, magnanimity

6 July 2019 7:54 pm

With the ballot papers out, the next few days will be crucial in the Tory leadership election. As I say…

Boris’s campaign is a triumph

28 June 2019 2:04 am

Forget what you’ve been told about the Conservative leadership campaign. The Boris campaign’s weekend meltdown has not lost him the election. And…

Why neither Boris nor Hunt can stop a no-deal Brexit

27 June 2019 12:37 am

There is a lot of confusion about Boris Johnson’s approach to Brexit. And that is deliberate because the candidate has yet…

Why Tories are hooked on Boris Johnson

26 June 2019 1:45 am

Modern politicians are like drug dealers intent on keeping their clients’ hooked. They sell fixes to their core voters: upping…

Dear Mary: what do you do if you spill red wine on a sofa?

24 June 2019 12:49 am

No matter how much you loved Boris you would find it maddening if he spilled red wine on your sofa. …

Enter Boris: what his premiership will look like

22 June 2019 9:00 am

Quietly and discreetly, the planning for Boris Johnson’s premiership has begun. No one wants to be seen measuring the curtains,…

Are you suffering from Boris Derangement Syndrome?

22 June 2019 9:00 am

I switched on the radio last week and caught the tail end of a discussion about the Conservative leadership election.…

How Boris Johnson intends to approach the next stage of the Tory leadership contest

21 June 2019 6:08 am

There was a huge cheer in Boris Johnson’s office when it was announced that Jeremy Hunt had 77 votes, sending…

Who will face Boris in the final stage of the Tory leadership contest?

19 June 2019 8:20 pm

This is my scenario for how the last two days of the MPs’ stage of the Tory leadership ballot will…

The leadership contest exposes how few Tories have a clue about the economy

15 June 2019 9:00 am

‘Choice’ is a word that is used liberally in Conservative thinking — whether it be about schools, hospitals or consumer…

The silliness of ‘serious’ leaders

15 June 2019 9:00 am

You would think it would be unarguable that ‘Serious times demand a serious leader’. This, with small verbal variations, is…

An early election is beginning to look inevitable for the next Tory leader

15 June 2019 9:00 am

There’s a joke going around the various warring tribes in the Tory leadership contest. They might not win this time,…

Boris-onomics is what Britain needs

12 June 2019 11:20 pm

A few jokes. A sprinkling of tax cuts. A few more jokes. A couple of flashy new buildings. And then…

Gove, Javid and the point of a backstory

12 June 2019 1:36 am

Michael Gove’s launch was, easily, the strongest of any candidate yesterday and he deserves the plaudits he’s getting now. Even…

Could the Tory leadership race end early?

8 June 2019 7:22 pm

The Tory leadership is fast becoming Boris Johnson’s to lose, I say in The Sun this morning. He has more…

Gove pitches himself as the liberal candidate in the Tory leadership race

6 June 2019 6:12 am

Michael Gove’s positioning in the Tory leadership race became clearer tonight. In conversation with Fraser Nelson at a Spectator event,…

Operation Stop Boris is backfiring. Again

30 May 2019 2:41 am

As the race to replace Theresa May heats up, Operation Stop Boris is now in full swing. Boris Johnson remains…