If nothing else, this leadership contest is proving the ‘Boris Johnson as a Brexity Hezza’ [Michael Heseltine] motif was largely correct, even if the glaring internal contradiction meant it would struggle to produce a coherent policy platform.
That is because each conceivable candidate, from Suella Braverman on the ERG right to Jeremy Hunt on the (theoretical) moderate wing, would represent a rightward shift on culture wars or fiscal policy or both.
