If yesterday was the peak of enthusiasm for Boris Johnson’s hopes for the Tory leadership (Guido noted that every broadsheet commentator discussed the Mayor of London in their Saturday columns), then today is very much the morning after. The first sobering voice came from William Hague as he popped up on Sky News to warn Boris against a leadership putsch.
‘Boris is doing a great job as Mayor of London and people love him the more they see him, and that’s great… but I think it is true to say – and certainly it is true for me – that I hope and believe that we are not looking for a long time for any new leader of the Conservative Party. We have got the best leader and the best Prime Minister we have had in a long time, and I think it will be some time before we Conservatives are looking for a new leader.’
Hague’s words tally with a poll in the Sunday Times which suggests the public are not quite as enthusiastic as party donors (£) about Boris’ chances.
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