Boris Johnson on course for Tory leadership showdown with Theresa May

[VectraMan]

I don't really understand why everyone in the Tory party wants this now. Even if you have big political ambitions, the time to strike is when it all goes tits up surely. Because it will. Let Gove or Johnson handle the mess they've created.

It is a once in a lifetime opportunity to become Prime Minister without all that tedious mucking about winning an election.

[TestMangler]

BBC saying Govey is standing too.

Trouble in paradise?

Goodness me. Poor Boris. If you can't trust a slimey, backstabbing, manipulative little c**t, who can you trust ?

[SueEllen]

It is a once in a lifetime opportunity to become Prime Minister without all that tedious mucking about winning an election.

Corbyn had a once in a lifetime opportunity to become Labour leader and look how that's ended up.

Anyway least the Tory grass roots isn't just full of hard-line right wingers....

[FatLazyContractor]

[sirja]

Now Gove has stabbed Boris, this just gets better and better.

Looks like the Leave vote will now be split between Gove and Boris and that should give May a clear run. She's also leading in the country among Tory activists so it's looking like a reluctant remain candidate will end up PM. The big question, will she really trigger Article 50?

[GB9]

Now Gove has stabbed Boris, this just gets better and better.

Looks like the Leave vote will now be split between Gove and Boris and that should give May a clear run. She's also leading in the country among Tory activists so it's looking like a reluctant remain candidate will end up PM. The big question, will she really trigger Article 50?

Theresa is the favourite now.

And yes, she will.

[FatLazyContractor]

Now Gove has stabbed Boris, this just gets better and better.

Looks like the Leave vote will now be split between Gove and Boris and that should give May a clear run. She's also leading in the country among Tory activists so it's looking like a reluctant remain candidate will end up PM. The big question, will she really trigger Article 50?

I am loving this !!!

Looking forward to a full blown fight

[eek]

Rumour has it Boris is retiring wounded and isn't standing...

[chopper]

What this means is that there wont be a Boris/Gove ticket, with Boris as leader and Gove as chancellor. Well that sounds like a good thing.

Gove (hopefully) doesn't stand a chance of winning, but he will scavenge votes from Boris increasing the chances that 'someone else' will win. Probably wont be Crabb because he had made poor life choices that will get him dragged through the media over the coming weeks.

(The bookies have May, then Gove, then Johnson...)

I would say Gove would be more likely to trigger Article 50 upon winning; May has already pledged to do so but not before the end of the year, no snap election and no emergency budget.

[darmstadt]

A real life "Abigail's Party"