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He might have temporarily talked himself into believing he was in favour (thats what method actors do) but I think it more likely he was 52/48 in favour of Remain, and 100% in favour of Boris Johnson.

If he was a strong leave supporter though, why write that piece in the DT over the weekend trying to walk the thing back and telling everyone that nothing will change?

He knew that Cameron wasn't going to seek a third term, and logic said that this would be Cameron's jumping off point, win or lose. If he could get his candidacy to the constituencies, then he could be Prime Minister by Halloween. The biggest challenge he faced though was getting to the final stage. The parliamentary party would be a harder vote for him to win than the constituency members. However, there was one bloc of 100+ guaranteed votes in the party that could deliver him this. The Eurosceptic wing. In order to be PM he had to join them, and then emerge as the leading light of gallant losing campaign

I honestly wouldn't be shocked yet if we get some kind of political death bed confession in time.

QED

<blockquote data-quote="Warbler" data-source="post: 2543403" data-attributes="member: 65228">He might have temporarily talked himself into believing he was in favour (thats what method actors do) but I think it more likely he was 52/48 in favour of Remain, and 100% in favour of Boris Johnson.&nbsp;If he was a strong leave supporter though, why write that piece in the DT over the weekend trying to walk the thing back and telling everyone that nothing will change?He knew that Cameron wasn&#039;t going to seek a third term, and logic said that this would be Cameron&#039;s jumping off point, win or lose. If he could get his candidacy to the constituencies, then he could be Prime Minister by Halloween. The biggest challenge he faced though was getting to the final stage. The parliamentary party would be a harder vote for him to win than the constituency members. However, there was one bloc of 100+ guaranteed votes in the party that could deliver him this. The Eurosceptic wing. In order to be PM he had to join them, and then emerge as the leading light of gallant losing campaignI honestly wouldn&#039;t be shocked yet if we get some kind of political death bed confession in time. QED</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Warbler, post: 2543403, member: 65228"] He might have temporarily talked himself into believing he was in favour (thats what method actors do) but I think it more likely he was 52/48 in favour of Remain, and 100% in favour of Boris Johnson. If he was a strong leave supporter though, why write that piece in the DT over the weekend trying to walk the thing back and telling everyone that nothing will change? He knew that Cameron wasn't going to seek a third term, and logic said that this would be Cameron's jumping off point, win or lose. If he could get his candidacy to the constituencies, then he could be Prime Minister by Halloween. The biggest challenge he faced though was getting to the final stage. The parliamentary party would be a harder vote for him to win than the constituency members. However, there was one bloc of 100+ guaranteed votes in the party that could deliver him this. The Eurosceptic wing. In order to be PM he had to join them, and then emerge as the leading light of gallant losing campaign I honestly wouldn't be shocked yet if we get some kind of political death bed confession in time. QED [/QUOTE]

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