No-one has seen the parallel between Boris Johnson and Winston Churchill. Don't be so quick to write old Boris off just yet folks.
How did Churchill first become Prime Minister? Off the back of Labour votes in the House, that's how. Elements within his own party hated him. Sound like Boris does it? Well, in this Brexit vote, it was Labour heartland that voted to leave while the Tory middle classes wanted to remain in the EU. So poor old Boris can't run for leader of the Conservatives as they hate him. I'm not talking about the party caucus vote here, as with the Conservatives since their changes, the run-off is put to the whole membership, and Boris can't win that.
How he can become PM is either through a national emergency where Labour support for a uniting leader is needed OR Boris jumps ship and leads the Labour party. Unlikely I know, but Churchill jumped ship joining the Liberals from the Conservatives. In the world of politics strange things can happen.
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