In fact, it's quite noticeable that exactly the same bozos who told us that IDS was the man, are now telling us that Truss has great, though hitherto undetected, leadership qualities. One of them is … (View Post)

The problem is giving members the vote as Labour discovered with Corbyn and, as the Tories had already discovered back in 2001 with IDS: a leader who does not have the confidence of the parliamentary… (View Post)

My impression of Boris is that he regards each setback or pratfall merely as an opportunity for demonstrating his powers of recovery and ingenuity and indomitabiity. It all adds to the legend. I'm qu… (View Post)

No, I think that was Mordaunt. A risk but possibly worth it. Truss is the IDS option - no upside. (View Post)

Mmm. Eerily reminiscent of 2001 when the bampot wing of the parliamentary party managed to push IDS through to the members' round in a three way competition against two much better qualified alternat… (View Post)