Cleverly lays down the law on dirty tricks

Blue is the colour, winning is the game. The Premier League returns this week and it seems that one Tory leadership contender is taking notes. After the 1922 committee ruled that any candidate found engaging in ‘blue on blue’ will face the public shame of a ‘yellow card’, James Cleverly has now gone a step further. Well, as a former Home Secretary, it is only right that he taking a stern approach to laying down the law….

Steerpike understands that Cleverly has ordered his campaign team that there will be no ‘yellow cards’ for blue on blue, only straight reds. Any Tory attacks coming out of camp Cleverly will be rewarded instead with the perpetrator being booted straight off the team. One plugged-in source told Mr S that:

James has laid down the law pretty clearly with the team, he will not tolerate any blue on blue. He’s serious about the unity message, its not just a line, and it starts at home.