Construction industry gossip: Blond ambition

By Hansom2019-12-13T06:00:00

Gossip on the former spin doctor who predicted a Boris bounce and the hardy outdoor swimmers who told Donald Trump where to go

A majority view

Lunching with a former Tory spin doctor – now a construction PR type – the other day, the conversation inevitably turned to the general election. My dining companion was betting the bank on a Johnson majority of about 50 MPs. Won’t that mean the Blond One would get to run amok, I asked, with relations with the EU being rent asunder? Not a bit of it, came back the PR, since Johnson wanted a decent legacy. “He can bring the party back to the centre and sideline the likes of Jacob Rees-Mogg and Mark Francois.” We shall see.

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