Conservative leadership

Just as a supporter of a no deal Brexit has been chosen as Tory leader, his MPs appear to be moving in the opposite direction.

Since EU won’t give him what he wants and MPs won’t let him quit without a deal, we are probably heading for a referendum or election.

It may be impossible to stop Johnson becoming PM. But cross-party attempt to take control of Commons business may prevent him crashing out.

Tory frontrunner isn’t just saying we’ll quit on Oct 31 with or without a deal. He also won’t pay what we owe until we get a good deal.

Foreign secretary worries party would be “annihilated” in election. But blowback from unleashing no-deal Brexit chaos would be even worse.

No pro-European has a chance to win. But by running, they could be a power broker in the next Brexit battles and stop us crashing out of EU.

Johnson sets Brexit red lines, Davidson savages him, May rabbit in headlights. If they weren't playing with our future, we could laugh.

Johnson’s intervention will weaken PM’s grip on power, while making clear that the only good Brexit is one falsely promised by Leavers.

Foreign secretary reheats £350m/week lie and scapegoats EU for our failure to invest in homes, schools and infrastructure.

Would-be PM wants to trigger Article 50 as soon as possible. But her trade strategy is bad for Britain.

The next Tory leader’s top task will be to manage the referendum fallout. MPs must grill candidates about how they’ll do this.