Sajid Javid might be downplaying it at this conference – when asked by Andrew Neil yesterday if he would throw his hat into the leadership ring, he said ‘of course not’ – but he is seen by many as a future Tory leadership candidate. Javid’s life-story has marked him out. He is the son of a bus driver who came to this country from Pakistan, had a successful business career and rapid rise up the greasy pole – he was the first member of the 2010 intake to make Cabinet.
His speech to conference this morning wasn’t a tub-thumper. But it was striking how he positioned himself as both a Thatcherite, pointing out that he has a picture of her on the wall in his office, and as a member of what he repeatedly called this ‘one nation government.’
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