Philip Hammond has only days left as chancellor. If Boris Johnson wins the Tory leadership contest on Tuesday, as expected, Mr Hammond will resign before he is sacked. Mr Johnson is the flamboyant Cavalier, threatening to disband parliament, to Mr Hammond’s solemn Roundhead, insisting on its supremacy. Mr Hammond, a fellow Eurosceptic lest we forget, won’t peddle snake oil and was never cut out to be a salesman. “I’ll fight no-deal every inch of the way,” he said this week, anticipating a return to the back benches, where he has…

Source: The Times July 19, 2019 16:07 UTC