A familiar shortage of Tories in Manchester as Boris Johnson tries to show leadership credentials – by upstaging Theresa May
Even in the Thatcherite glory days,Tory backbenchers were notoriously reluctant to waste their own money attending the party’s annual conference. In Manchester, they seem even fewer than normal. “There’s hardly anyone here from my intake, and ” whispers a class of 2010 minister,though keen examine-at-me MPs first elected this year are visible. Those who are female, northern, and grew up on a council estate or went down the pit aged 12 even get a platform spot. It allows them to introduce posthaste-track colleagues of Etonian heritage such as Boris and Zac.
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Source: theguardian.com