Reply to: What to do with Boris ?

[MercladUK]

He's not a bad bloke. Better than most in politics.

[alphadog]

I think it's crazy that this joker is allowed to hold down at least three jobs (mayor, MP and telegraph columnist) simultaneously... and get paid out of the public purse for two of them. You can't tell me he's doing as good a job as he would be if he didn't have as much on his plate!

[unixman]

Boris should remain MoL in my view. I can't ever see him losing a mayoral election, and he serves the Conservative cause well in that post. If the job passed to a Labour person, it would be a constant voice of critisism raised against everything the Torys did.

Boris is not a debater. His cheerful ebullience is not suited to scoring political points. See how he floundered against Ed M. on that TV sofa last week.

[TheFaQQer]

Cameron promised to serve the full term and then stand down if he won. Can he remain PM if he steps down early as party leader to let someone else run for GE2020?

Yes.

As long as the PM commands the confidence of the house, then they stay - whether they are party leader or not.

There was a thing on the BBC about it a while ago.

[Batcher]

Cameron promised to serve the full term and then stand down if he won. Can he remain PM if he steps down early as party leader to let someone else run for GE2020?

[SueEllen]

No job for Boris, but he does get to attend some cabinet meetings

Keep your friends' close but your enemies closer.....

[DaveB]

A cabinet position ?
Groom him or set him up ?

There are three top posts left vacant by the lib dems

business
energy
chief secretary to the treasury

Minister for Religeous Affairs

[EternalOptimist]

No job for Boris, but he does get to attend some cabinet meetings

[SimonMac]

He won't get a cabinet job until after he stands down as Mayor of London

[TheFaQQer]

Minister for Women

[SlipTheJab]

He's still mayor for a year so will sit on the back benches till then, and I inagine he'll then be put in charge of the Tories winning the referendum on Europe in 2017!

[Zero Liability]

He's not a bad bloke. Better than most in politics.

[GlenW]

Full time job hosting HIGNFY

He'll have to fight Farage for it.

[mudskipper]

Full time job hosting HIGNFY

[centurian]

Give him all the rope he needs...