"Help! I'm being kidnapped by these two men in suits."
Mumblings over David Cameron’s relationship with alleged voicemail interceptor Andy Coulson and George Osborne’s continued, well, Osborne-ness have left a bit of a void in the Conservative Party. Who could possibly step into the breach and take the party forward in the event of Cameron’s tenure at number 10 coming to an end…?
Well, after his recent successes regarding the Olympics and his popular move to abolish the 50p tax rate has made Boris the favourite. His star is high both with his party and the public, and it is conceivable that the Mayor could end up running more than just the capital.
“There are at least 20 constituencies within an hour’s drive of London with chairmen who would fall over themselves to turf out a sitting Tory MP and offer Boris a seat,” says one senior Conservative. “Boris could get back to the Commons tomorrow.”
However, what about the problems that have forced Boris’ resignation in the past? The scandals about his private life? The blunders? And what if he loses the 2012 Mayoral election to his old nemesis Ken Livingstone?
Apparently, none of this will matter. According to a veteran Conservative MP: “…Stuff bounces off him. He goes through scandals, people know what he’s been up to, and they accept it. He’s an unstoppable force.”
Boris is the 4/1 favourite to be the next Conservative leader with a major bookie, with William Hague and George Osborne considered next most likely. it’s also 16/1 that Boris will end up being Prime Minister at some point in his political career. Well, with popularity like this, who’d back against him? We have a bob or two on that outcome at Boriswatch HQ….
But more than that, stuff bounces off him. He goes through scandals, people know what he’s been up to, and they accept it. He’s an unstoppable force.”
Never mind this. Tottenham was in flames last night. Where is he, why hasn’t he said anything and what response is he co-ordinating to it?