“A confederacy of dunces,” sighed Crispin Odey, delivering his verdict on the MPs vying to dethrone Boris Johnson and lead the Tory party. “Who would you really want to run the Tory party?” said Odey. Hampton said: “Since the financial crisis, the Tories have been less clearly the party of business. The windfall tax [on energy giants] just underlines that.“Boris has become an electoral liability. Hampton was also unconvinced by many of Johnson’s business policies, such as the privatisation of Channel 4.

Source: The Guardian June 08, 2022 14:15 UTC