Boris Johnson Takes Center Stage in U.K. Leadership Shadow Play

  • 7 years ago
Boris Johnson Takes Center Stage in U.K. Leadership Shadow Play
Joy Dennis said that At last year’s conference it was all about Boris — this year everybody in the party wants to see Rees-Mogg,
Tim Bale said that It would remind voters of what she was like last time — it’s a complete nonstarter that she would carry on,
In Manchester she described the role of prime minister as "the loneliest job in the world." To lead the British
Conservative Party, she would need a Westminster seat, but she has shown no sign of seeking one.
The next 18 months will be dominated by Brexit, which has provoked internecine warfare in the cabinet between those who want a clean break with the bloc — a so-called hard Brexit —
and those who want a less radical departure, or soft Brexit, to protect the economy from a "cliff edge" change of trading rules.

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