it’s a measure of how precarious the prime minister’s place is seen to be that a lot consideration immediately is being paid the most recent ConHome survey on attainable management contenders.
On the high however solely with 15.76% of the “votes” is DefSec Ben Wallace somebody who was an nearly whole unknown a number of months again. Within the betting Wallace is presently in fourth for Subsequent PM and third place for subsequent CON chief.
If there was an early contest my guess is that he’d endure just because he’s much less well-known than Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss and even Tom Tugendhat.
I’m removed from satisfied that there will likely be an early contest though I do assume that Johnson may be taking a big gamble sticking with backside pincher Pincher.
Mike Smithson
