VoR
Take it or leave it
Honestly, I totally understand why Johnson coming back is galling and hard to swallow, but he’s not some invincible political mastermind, at all. He’s in a far more vulnerable position than Sunak, and it’s only his supreme arrogance which is blinding him to it.
Johnson wins = mass resignations, huge party infighting, near certain election, which Johnson will fight hard but almost certainly lose.
Sunak wins = a few Johnson loyalists grouse, maybe a few even walk, but enough remain for him to govern. He avoids calling an election at all costs, as do his colleagues, knowing how much more likely they are to lose their jobs than they would under Johnson. So we’re stuck with Tories for another two years.
Johnson wins = mass resignations, huge party infighting, near certain election, which Johnson will fight hard but almost certainly lose.
Sunak wins = a few Johnson loyalists grouse, maybe a few even walk, but enough remain for him to govern. He avoids calling an election at all costs, as do his colleagues, knowing how much more likely they are to lose their jobs than they would under Johnson. So we’re stuck with Tories for another two years.


), they could all now throw themselves behind a different candidate.
