Sentences with phrase «stages of a leadership bid»
After the country voted for Brexit, he began the initial stages of a leadership bid but dramatically and unexpectedly dropped out when his campaign chief, Michael Gove, made the surprise decision to challenge him for the job.
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To make such a promise at this stage can rightly be seen as anticipating Liam Fox's bid for leadership of the Conservative right — there are several more credible candidates - but it is also an appeal to Ukip, whose attitude to the EU he once described as «headbanging».
More scathing was the verdict of New Statesman correspondent Stephen Bush: «Something v charming about Williamson's leadership bid, which he approaches in the manner of a 14 - year - old who's read a self - help dating book... Now I will initiate Stage 2: the airing of the sex scandal!»
Rees Mogg is not expected to stand, but Gove might yet - and the latest rankings underline how he has staged a remarkable recovery since the botched leadership bid in 2016, which saw his popularity plummet and allies of Boris Johnson expressing their rage.