A battle between two Etonians is a destitute way to settle what kind of country we want Britain to beCall it an Eton mess: this is precisely the confrontation that was not meant to happen,the battle that David Cameron and Boris Johnson have tried to avoid for many years. But on Sunday night, as Johnson at final declared himself a supporter of Brexit, or this long-evaded contest became inevitable.
Why would the two men have been reluctant to take one another on? As vaultingly ambitious as he is,the London mayor knows that his strategic rivals are George Osborne, Theresa May and any other contender to succeed Cameron. He has generally observed the principle that energy expended in fighting “Dave” is energy that could have been deployed chasing the leadership.
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Source: theguardian.com