Sajid Javid's speech on violent crime, with its deeply personal tone, is being seen as his opening salvo in the forthcoming race to succeed Theresa May as leader of the Conservative Party.But we are now seeing the first tentative steps onto the stage; the start of a beauty pageant whose winner will probably be our next prime minister.
Last week, it was Health Secretary Matt Hancock, the International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt and the ambitious backbencher Tom Tugendhat setting out their thoughts on how the party could appeal to younger voters. Today, it was the home secretary, with a speech that had at its core two of the biggest-tell tale signs of a leadership campaign limbering up.A minister roaming beyond their brief."The mindset of government needs to shift," he said, and doing so in a speech peppered with personal experience.
Should he decide to stand, Mr Javid's greatest political asset is his own story. His is a biography that personifies the Conservative ideal; the son of an immigrant family who worked hard, became a millionaire and rose to the cabinet; a life shaped by aspiration rather than privilege.They also point to what they saw as his tortured, calculating equivocation before the EU referendum, voting to Remain"with a heavy heart and no enthusiasm" as he put it.
But the foreign secretary also found time to mildly rebuke his predecessor and likely rival Boris Johnson, who had earlier weighed in on the debate on the country's future in his weekly Daily Telegraph column.
Parasites
Should take about 3 years with no decision..
and it's a motley collection to pick from-none will do well for our people
Beauty or the Beasts?
Won't need a new Tory leader for such a short position, Tories in this country are all but finished, they have proved a party of Habitual Liars, sleaze merchants and thieves, our country is in ruins thanks to Tory Austerity,
Is the collective noun a slurry of Selfservatives?
I bet it's a gormless looking out of touch tool wins
Attorney general Barr 'Spying did occur' Remember BBC ran articles mocking Trump about being spied on? Now the BBC silence is deafening...
That has to be the most ironic use of 'beauty' ever. An absolutely stunning collection of incompetence, idiocy and failure has been gathered together at the top of the Tory party.
He’s a Remainer, there’s is no way he’ll be elected. Unless of course the Parliamentary Party makes sure it comes down to 2 Remainers for the final vote. Possible...
Tories are on the march. Beware.
Still waiting for a beauty to apply I see, no change there 😂
Re: “Sajid Javid has admitted he could have ended up in a life of crime instead of becoming home secretary.” So instead of robbing the rich Sajid Javid decided to join the Tory party and rob the poor.
Journalists and their paymasters rule british politics now. Fs
If that’s the choice god help us all.
'Welcome to the contest for the ultimate political prize. It's only just beginning.' May's not even resigned yet (and has clinged on well so far). Calm down.
Hard at work dealing with major issues then i.e. their own careers.
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