“Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds”. Attributed to both Emerson and Keynes, if it was good enough for them, it surely provides cover for a political commentor’s tergiversations over Boris Johson. No. More is required, both in apology and in explanation. Back in the 1970s when the Labour Party was the worst sufferer over splits on Europe, Denis Healey gleefully boasted about ratting and re-ratting. We should neither seek to emulate his shameless cynicism – nor hope to do so. We lack his thespian bravura. Apropos of that, let us try to explain Boris.
Tories heading for Cleverly v Badenoch run off
It’s uncertain where centrist Tugendhat’s twenty voters will now go. Though it is highly unlikely that Jenrick will pick up any.
