Barndoor Strategy’s Roger Evans analyses Boris’ first speech as PM Intro There were some concerns that Boris had drifted a bit since his time at City Hall, that he had lost his edge and his mojo. As he strode into Downing Street last week, he will have known that these fears needed to be put […]
(Barndoor Strategy CEO Havard Hughes with Boris Johnson) The polls have now closed in the Conservative leadership contest and it is all but inevitable that next Tuesday, Boris Johnson will be named as the new party leader and therefore the new Prime Minister. There has been much mainstream media criticism of the fact that […]
The devil in the detail of the Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement is undoubtedly the backstop. The EU’s unpopular insurance policy could have the UK over a barrel. It has also driven a wedge through the confidence and support agreement with the DUP. Much has been written and said about what this means and what might […]
Barndoor Strategy’s Roger Evans writes…. One of my first encounters with Boris Johnson came shortly after he was elected Mayor of London in 2008. In the absence of the then Conservative Group Leader, I was summoned to the top floor to brief the Mayor on the political views of colleagues. After I had been […]