Although Tory conference has so far been a rather dull affair with senior politicians sticking to the party line at all times, one of the new intake of Tory MPs did manage to spice things up last night. In an interview with Iain Dale on LBC, Heidi Allen gave surprisingly honest answers when asked who she would like to be the next Tory leader.
Although George Osborne is the favourite to succeed David Cameron, Allen has concerns that he is ‘too smooth’ for the job:
HA: I have to be honest I couldn’t really picture him as a future leader but I thought he did a really good job today actually. ID: Why not? HA: Umm, am I allowed to say it? How many people are listening, is it just between us? ID: Just between us Heidi HA: Too smooth
As for Osborne’s likely contenders? Well Allen isn’t too impressed by any of them.
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