Is Jeremy Hunt continuity Theresa May? It’s an allegation that is repeatedly thrown around by supporters of his leadership rival Boris Johnson. MPs have nicknamed the Foreign Secretary ‘Theresa in trousers’ owing to the idea that he isn’t all that different from the current prime minister. The Hunt campaign have been at pains to fight this idea – in an interview with The Spectator, he told me:
‘Don’t confuse continuity for loyalty. I have served two prime ministers completely loyally over the last nine years, but I would be quite different to both.’
The problem is Hunt has made a series of comments which have prompted Tory MPs to worry that he would be a similar type of leader. His Brexit strategy leaves space for him to extend Article 50 – as May has done – so long as he believes a better deal is possible.
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