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SIR JACOB REES-MOGG: Boris is master of the unexpected - and he's in pole position to return… as leader of the Conservatives

Boris Johnson has stood down as MP, triggering a by-election in his constituency
Jacob Rees-Mogg says his move puts him in 'pole position' for Tory leadership

By Jacob Rees-mogg For The Mail On Sunday

Published: 22:45, 10 June 2023 |

With his usual aplomb, Boris Johnson has brought the curtain down on the latest stage of his political career.

The most compelling Conservative politician of his generation took everyone by surprise – critics and allies alike – by resigning his Commons seat.

His actions command attention in a way that others can only dream about.

In the pantheon of Prime Ministers, Boris ranks with Chatham, Palmerston and Thatcher, and is only really outgunned by Walpole because of longevity or Pitt and Churchill because of war.
Sir Jacob Rees Mogg: Boris' 'dramatic move – and his own hint that he will seek another Parliamentary berth – puts him in pole position to return as Conservative leader if a vacancy should arise.'

Sir Jacob Rees Mogg: Boris' 'dramatic move – and his own hint that he will seek another Parliamentary berth – puts him in pole position to return as Conservative leader if a vacancy should arise.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12181535/SIR-JACOB-REES-MOGG-Boris-pole-position-return-leader-Conservatives.html

His extraordinary achievements in his brief spell as Prime Minister include campaigning for a successful Brexit vote and then getting it done.

In his brave support for Ukraine, Boris has also reawakened the West to its global responsibilities.
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Even Boris's leadership during Covid was essential as we now know that the fanatics wanted us even more firmly locked down.

However, his charisma and appeal have always been galling to his political opponents, both within the Conservative Party and outside it.

The dullards of the Privileges Committee, as the Lilliputians with Gulliver, tried to tie him down but failed.

In the face of a clearly partisan, biased report by a committee which Boris himself has called a 'kangaroo court', he has done the right thing by pre-empting it and rendering it null and void.

This, though, is most definitely not the end of Boris in the politics of our nation. In fact, his dramatic move – and his own hint that he will seek another Parliamentary berth – puts him in pole position to return as Conservative leader if a vacancy should arise.

On that note, I would most strongly warn Conservative Party managers against any attempt to block Boris if he seeks the party nomination in another seat.

Any attempt to do so would shatter our fragile party unity and plunge the Conservatives into civil war.

I am not, unlike some of my fellow Boris admirers, resigning my Commons seat. I can understand their anger at the former Prime Minister's treatment.

For my part, I will fight my North- East Somerset seat at the next Election and campaign for a Conservative victory nationally.