The Great Cliche of Tory Leadership Campaigns

The great cliche of tory leadership campaigns is that someone you've not thought of, the outsider, with the fewest nemies, is likely to win. That could be another former soldier, a former defence secretary, penny mordant or grant shaps. Not everybody runs to be leader in the expectation that they will actually win. Others do it to put down a mark for policies they believe in and ensure their party stays true to what they see as its real philosophy.