THIS COULD PUT YOU OFF YOUR SLEEP

NEXT CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER AFTER MAY

Applies to the next permanently appointed Conservative Party Leader after Theresa May.

Jacob Rees-Mogg 4/1	Matthew Hancock 50/1	George Osborne 66/1
David Davis 9/2	David Lidington 50/1	Nicky Morgan 66/1
Boris Johnson 6/1	Liz Truss 50/1	Jesse Norman 66/1
Amber Rudd 9/1	Johnny Mercer 50/1	Liam Fox 66/1
Gavin Williamson 10/1	George Freeman 50/1	Ed Vaizey 80/1
Andrea Leadsom 10/1	Priti Patel 50/1	Owen Paterson 80/1
Ruth Davidson 12/1	Graham Brady 50/1	Grant Shapps 80/1
Michael Gove 12/1	Alan Mak 50/1	David Cameron 100/1
Jeremy Hunt 16/1	Chris Grayling 50/1	Anna Soubry 100/1
Philip Hammond 16/1	Stephen Crabb 50/1	Jo Johnson 100/1
Tom Tugendhat 16/1	Robert Halfon 66/1	Iain Duncan Smith 100/1
Justine Greening 16/1	Kwasi Kwarteng 66/1	Theresa Villiers 100/1
Dominic Raab 18/1	Nick Herbert 66/1	Adam Afriyie 100/1
Sajid Javid 25/1	Daniel Hannan 66/1	Ken Clarke 100/1
James Cleverly 25/1	Zac Goldsmith 66/1	Maria Miller 100/1
Penny Mordaunt 33/1	Michael Fallon 66/1	Ben Bradley 100/1
Greg Clark 33/1	Heidi Allen 66/1	Nigel Farage 100/1
Damian Green 33/1	Rishi Sunak 66/1	Nick Boles 100/1
Anne Milton 40/1	Tobias Ellwood 66/1	William Hague 150/1
Rory Stewart 40/1

 

Still, look on the bright side. There’s not a mention of this useless muppet, even thought they are looking at the likes of Nigel Farage as the next Tory leader.

One view is that no one wants the job until May has completely and utterly wrecked any chance of a deal of any sort. Someone (anyone) could then step in a make a show of making the best of a disastrous job.

Crashing out with no deal (which you’ll remember May said was better than a bad deal), will be a red line for Remainers in the Tory Party, of which there are many.

Alternatively, signing up for a deal that will mean that the UK remains in the single market, customs union, takes the EU’s directives in most areas, accepts rulings from the ECJ, and pays more or less what it pays now (but doesn’t get Farming subsidies, Academic subsidies, Social Fund subsidies, Infrastructure subsidies) will be unacceptable to the Tory Leavers, of which there are also many.

Surely that must happen later this year (October) when the deal has to be agreed between Barnier and May and sent out to parliaments across Europe, and of course the EU parliament, for 6 months of debate and discussion before ratification.

By that time something concrete about the Irish border and the Spanish-Gibraltar border will have to have been agreed. And as that is a near impossibility, I’d not put money on the Maybot surviving much longer than it all coming crashing down then.

I suspect that next year’s conference it will be more than slogans falling off the walls. and the P45 will be real.

Just for a laugh, we’d like to know who you think would make:

a) a serious next leader who could repair at least some of the mess she and Cameron left.

b) which of the above (or others) would make the best comedy leader.

c) which of them would be most likely to lead to Scotland voting to leave the ridiculous mess and possibly rejoining the EU as an independent country.