Most of the media reckons he is plotting a takeover attempt to get the leadership - but surely it is the complete opposite? It feels like he is doing everything he can to get sacked.
He still wants the leadership one day, but knows it isn't going to be soon, and so he's playing the long game, in the hope of swooping back into the frame in 5 or 10 years to 'save the day' once this EU lark is finished. He's far more calculating than people give him credit for.
He knows that Brexit is heading towards disaster, so he wants to get as far away from it as possible. If he resigns he looks wimpish, but if he is sacked he could later spin it as being rebellious and principled (look at Corbyn).
The £350m reference was a dead giveaway. Possibly the most toxic quote in politics this decade, and he brings it up in a newspaper column out of the blue. He must have known what would happen.
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