Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
Whilst he does nothing for me because there is absolutely nothing 'Conservative' about him, I have a feeling he will end up an extremely popular PM. When he gets out and about people find him charming.
I think he has some solid Conservative instincts (look at his old Spectator articles), but he's been forced to publically move to the left on some social issues because of the prevailing culture, and taxation/spending because of the austerity narrative that has cut through.

It's also why the Tories have always maintained their distance from Farage. The calculation is that reverting to old-school social conservatism on issues like immigration, family values, etc would lose them more votes than it would gain.

Let's face it, if it was't for Brexit the Tories would be totally ****ed at this election. There's absolutely no way they would be threatening to break the red wall after "a decade of austerity"