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Originally Posted by Chris
Guido thinks he has 72 verified backers. There are nearly 140 MPs with no known allegiance as of right now, it’s entirely possible that 28 of them are supporting Boris whilst having just enough self awareness to keep quiet about it.
The sensible wing of the party had better hope Rishi Sunak gets more than 50% of the support so it doesn’t go to the party membership. If it goes to the members, Boris is in with a shout, and if he gets it there’s a decent chance the parliamentary party will self destruct and force an election.
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I think Guido and Harry Cole of The Sun might be trying to get a sense of momentum behind Johnson. We’re now early at 48 hours from the start of this and he still has fewer declared nominations? Why would you keep it secret when the whole logic behind him is that he is so popular with the base? Thursday evening into Friday morning there was a flurry of nominations seemingly designed to make it clear he was unstoppable, maybe that has stalled.
Even the phrasing of the statement from Boris Johnson supporters that he ‘could stand if we wanted too’ could be read as a face saving exercise if he doesn’t reach 100.
All theory that will likely be disproven as soon as I post this but I am not convinced he has the numbers and it could be he now tried to act to stop Sunak. (And again PM is at 22/1
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