[jfman]

Of course the Telegraph are bought into it - which was my point about it being cold, hard and rational. Anyone with any political nous knows Johnson’s leadership has been in terminal decline since at least the Owen Paterson corruption scandal.

The only question was when, not if, he would replaced and who would the successor be. It is untenable for the Telegraph, or anyone else seeking to influence, to leave the timing and changeover to chance. At some point they need to move when conditions are favourable to their man (or woman) or leave that opportunity to shape the next two years to other actors or worse risk Starmer winning. Which despite the odd Mystic Meg on here seems an increasingly likely outcome unless someone steadies the ship.