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Yes, but MPs select the two candidates that go to the party membership so there will be a strong ‘anyone but Johnson’ block. Whether it’s enough remains to be seen, but he’s pretty unpopular with a lot of the parliamentary party.
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I think the membership would revolt if you presented them with a choice that didn’t include a nutter, so even if they managed to leave Johnson out it’s be Gove vs Leadsom or similar. Who have they got that the members would vote for and who is not a nutter, and would win when put on the same ticket as a nutter?
Dammit
Bear in mind who elects the Tory leader- it’s the elderly loonies (average age, 72) who make up the membership.
“Picaniny smiles” and so on from Johnson along with his fanatical determination to tell everyone that he’s the new Churchill means they won’t hesitate.