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Originally Posted by Kursk
I don't see anything wrong with personal ambition; isn't politics a career in which you have to be ambitious, self-confident and, well, a little bit ruthless?
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The problem is he has to win support of his MPs before he gets to be put before the members.
Nothing wrong with personal ambition but it's the way he did it which seems to have alienated a lot of his colleagues. We say this is politics but politics requires
some trust to function.
If he had decided to run against Boris in the aftermath of the vote then they would deem that fair, even Boris' perceived calculated approach to support Leave was deemed fair. However making yourself campaign manager for a rival and planning everything to cause maximum destruction to that rival seems to be beyond what would be considered 'fair game' in the dark arts of politics. It's ruthlessly dishonest. It's a political manoeuvre that's impossible to defend against and if commonplace would destroy any ability for politics to function if the people running your campaign were out to screw you.
Tory MPs might be asking how can they trust him when Cameron was a close friend and he did him in only for him to be given a position of trust from Boris which he promptly used to screw him over too.
If you were offered a job in cabinet in return for your support how would you know he wouldn't stab you in the back the moment he won?