I would happily trade Raab for Hunt or Gove. He was only my pick at the start of this conversation because he was second in the betting. He's moved out a bit since then and been replaced with Gove.
I agree that some co-ordination / backflips and gymnastics of the the Not Boris wing of the Tory Party would have to be done to avoid him reaching the top two if the ERG were united behind him.
But Gove, Javid, Cleverely, Leadsom and Malthouse are ERG subscribers.
They have more candidates standing than the Remain wing.
So it looks like their vote is split. There might even be a danger that the Not Boris group see that, combine their votes in the first round to put Boris bottom, he gets knocked out and then they can fight it out thereafter.
You are right about Raab. Boris is a narcisistic, vain, dishonest (even unto himself methinks), lazy and not as clever as he thinks he is or as he makes out. Raab is a true believer and Lord save and protect us all from them.
That we should live in the days when Michael Gove is reckoned too sane to be Prime Minister.
I am yet more tempted to lay the favourite. Mordaunt might be a good shout. Anyone accused by Kate Hoey of trivialising Parliament for saying cock gets my vote.
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Date: 2019-05-30 11:15 am (UTC)I agree that some co-ordination / backflips and gymnastics of the the Not Boris wing of the Tory Party would have to be done to avoid him reaching the top two if the ERG were united behind him.
But Gove, Javid, Cleverely, Leadsom and Malthouse are ERG subscribers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Research_Group#Subscribers
They have more candidates standing than the Remain wing.
So it looks like their vote is split. There might even be a danger that the Not Boris group see that, combine their votes in the first round to put Boris bottom, he gets knocked out and then they can fight it out thereafter.
You are right about Raab. Boris is a narcisistic, vain, dishonest (even unto himself methinks), lazy and not as clever as he thinks he is or as he makes out. Raab is a true believer and Lord save and protect us all from them.
That we should live in the days when Michael Gove is reckoned too sane to be Prime Minister.
I am yet more tempted to lay the favourite. Mordaunt might be a good shout. Anyone accused by Kate Hoey of trivialising Parliament for saying cock gets my vote.