He doesn't strike me as a liability to his party. A liability to Theresa May possibly.

The thing about Boris - he instinctively knows how to connect with the tory voter. The party would be more successful under him.

Just as it would have been under Hesseltine and Portillo. Princes over the water in their own time. The grey men of the tory central office call the shots.

I think maybe they'd like Corbyn to sort out the mess created by the referendum. Or at least eat the resultant shit sandwich for them. I think we see ahead a period Tory leaders like Rees Mogg, Hunt, even Davis - people no one would vote for unless Corbyn is found in bed with a choirboy.