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Dammit in reply to @andyfallsoff

I think this would need the Tory party to be less rabidly brexity than it is, though. I don’t think the membership will go for someone who was a remainer in 2016. I could be wrong, but the party has made brexit its defining policy and (particularly as it isn’t going well) I think they won’t trust someone who wasn’t a true believer.

There's potentially a balance there between the MP's who need the new PM to be electable, and the gerontocracy who as you say want a true believer. Honestly I don't know how it's going to shake out, but Hunt is a titan compared to the current cabinet. And a footnote compared to a proper politician, but we are where we are.

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andyfallsoff in reply to @Dammit

I think there should be that balance, but i am not sure there is… too many Tories seem to either (i) believe they need some kind of magic ‘character’, or (ii) are too enthralled to the ideology to contemplate anyone who hasn’t drunk the kool aid. (Made worse by the perception that May wasn’t a true believer, I think).

Obv I don’t know how it will pan out either but would be very surprised if it was Hunt. Wallace or Mourdant maybe?

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