It is a subtler, more intangible quality, possessed by Boris Johnson. Quick guide Tory party leadership contest Show Hide What happens next in the Tory party leadership race? Conservative party HQ will organise its own events; and the BBC has also announced several televised debates between the candidates. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Boris Johnson and Arnold Schwarzenegger on ‘Boris bikes’: ‘It was supposed to cost nothing but cost taxpayers nearly £200m.’ Photograph: Matt Dunham/APJohnson should shut up about his exorbitant mayoralty. Unless Jeremy Hunt and Michael Gove can promote some stop-Boris coalition, the backwoods of the Conservative party will vote for the only candidate likely to guarantee them a parliamentary majority.

Source: The Guardian June 13, 2019 18:03 UTC