no, not now. because it s a totally implausible idea that any backbencher is going to be catapulted into the last two, past every government minister in the whole cabinet by conservative mps. you might as well ask if i d like to be a ballerina or an astronaut. it s not going to happen. do you know who you will back? no. i know i m i am pretty confident, given my record, that i will be busy during the next leadership election, but i am not at all certain who for. and, finally, you said it is important to keep a sense of humour in all of this. yeah. doesn t the conservative party, doesn t the tory right, in particular, risk looking like those groups in the life of brian, the monty python film, in which the people s popular front ofjudaea are murdering the popular front ofjudaea while shouting splitters? well, you will remember, i think i raised that in relation to the brexiteers, but no, i don t think so. i am so looking forward, nick, to launching conservative way forward.
front ofjudaea are murdering the popular front front ofjudaea are murdering the popularfront ofjudaea front ofjudaea are murdering the popular front ofjudaea while shouting splitters? popular front ofjudaea while shouting splitters? well, you will remember. shouting splitters? well, you will remember. i shouting splitters? well, you will remember, ithink shouting splitters? well, you will remember, ithink i shouting splitters? well, you will remember, i think i writes - shouting splitters? well, you will remember, i think i writes that i shouting splitters? well, you will| remember, i think i writes that in relation to the brexiteers but, no, i don t think so. i am so looking forward to launching conservative way forward. when you look at the team and our party, and extent of the agreement and the joy of the vision we are going to present, i am so excited about showing it to you. and all this nonsense about angry tory right wingers will pale wade and fade and no one will care a
and along the way, by the way, i do think we might destroy our currencies as well. crosstalk. given that is what i think we face, i am under a duty, therefore, to tell people and ask for a change of direction. there is one other question you face it s the question lots of people asked you when you were on political thinking three years ago. will you run to be leader? no, not now. because it s a totally implausible idea that any backbencher is going to be catapulted into the last two, past every government minister in the whole cabinet by conservative mps. you might as well ask if i d like to be a ballerina or an astronaut. it s not going to happen. do you know who you will back? no. i know i m i am pretty confident, given my record, that i will be busy during the next leadership election, but i am not at all certain who for. and, finally, you said it is important to keep a sense of humour in all of this. yeah. doesn t the conservative party, doesn t the tory right, in particular, r
doesn t the conservative party, doesn t the tory right, in particular, risk looking like those groups in the life of brian, the monty python film, in which the people s popular front ofjudaea are murdering the popular front ofjudaea while shouting splitters? well, you will remember, i think i raised that in relation to the brexiteers but, no, i don t think so. i am so looking forward to launching conservative way forward. when you look at the team that i ve assembled and the breadth of the party that it covers, and the extent of our agreement and the joy of the vision that we are going to present, i am so excited about showing it to you. and all this old nonsense about angry tory right wingers will pale away and fade and no one will care about it when we do what we are going to do. steve baker, thanks very much forjoining me again on political thinking. you re very welcome. he could hardly have been clearer. it looks like being checkmate for borisjohnson, he said. the game, though, if