The great pastime of Tory MPs is leadership speculation. Who’s up? Who’s
down? Who’s in? Who’s out? Who succeeds Cameron? Simple, says Toby Young in our cover piece this week, it has to be Boris. Toby’s confidence in Boris is such that he once bet
Nigella Lawson £15,000 that blond bombshell would lead the party one day. Subscribers can read about that story here,
and non-subscribers can subscribe to the Spectator for just a £1 an issue. In the meantime, here’s a cover piece
from the archives on this same theme: Boris is hot on Dave’s heels.
Boris must wait his turn, Fraser Nelson, The Spectator, 10 May 2008
The victorious David Cameron is being driven towards Buckingham Palace, the adrenaline of election success still pumping through his veins. Crowds line The Mall, peering into the blackened glass of
his limousine. But when he approaches the Palace, his car turns for the A4 and the reverie is shattered.
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