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Listening to the FT Politics podcast they said Johnson is doing exactly the same as when he ran for the mayors office - suddenly being very publicity shy and only appearing in very tightly controlled appearances. And lots of behind the scenes work for hustings etc.
The real battle is for the second candidate as either a Stop Boris vote with no one really taking a clear lead but Gove has yet to make a move. Hunt/Javid both middle of the road candidates for the membership apparently. Raab and Leadsome expected to drop out of the race tomorrow.
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Hopefully Rory Stewart is going to put pressure on Boris Johnson rather than let him get away with an outrageously stage-managed candidacy whereby he’s trying - and so far succeeding - to hide from all public scrutiny...
That said, even if Johnson does get forced out into the open, it seems likely that if he were to face any difficult criticism, he would dig into the warchest of 'dead cat' stories that Lynton Crosby will doubtless have been gathering, thereby diverting attention onto something or someone else. And then just run down the (very short) clock of the leadership election.
https://twitter.com/rorystewartuk/status/1137480433371877381?s=21