Are We Ready For Sajid Javid As Our Next Prime Minister ?

[Gromit]

// Until this week, I thought the law of mutual weakness would keep Theresa May in post. Neither wing of the party wants to get rid of her for fear of getting one of the other side as leader.

Into this vacuum Sajid Javid has stepped, now backed up with three political advisers (the usual limit is two); a reluctant Remainer whose first act as a member of the Brexit inner cabinet was to side with Davis, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove on the customs question.

This week Javid lifted the cap on immigration for NHS doctors and nurses, and today he helped to change government policy to allow a boy in Northern Ireland to import cannabis oil to treat a life-threatening condition. May’s distraction by Brexit means he can make popular policy changes and take the credit for them. //

[youngmafbog]

//so far he has given the impression of being less insane than anyone else on the Tory front bench. //

And the Labour one?

Either way, give him time, he is the new boy at the minute wanting to please the Headmistress.

[Kromovaracun]

//And the Labour one?//

Yes. Labour still has one or two good people on side (I still rate Keir Starmer quite highly, for instance) but if SJ continues to behave sensibly and manages to become leader, I may well have to vote conservative for the first time...

[naomi24]

With Sadiq Khan positioning himself for a future role as leader of the Labour Party this presents an interesting prospect.

[Cloverjo]

Gulliver//He just reminds me of IDS ,returning from his summer break in IBIZA.//

You remind me of the racist half of my family, and of "comedians" from the 70s.