In order to stand any chance of election as Conservative leader, every single contended has to maintain the fiction that Brexit isn't actually Wrecksit. No contender that reveals the fact that the Emperor's clothes are totally illusory stands the slightest chance of a vote. They will therefore be rushing headlong into a Charge of the Light Brigade or Custer's Last Stand.
As we get closer to a General Election, it will become increasingly apparent that Brexit continues to lead to the decline of the UK in all respects. This will fatally wound whoever wins the leadership election and is PM at the time.
Given the foregoing, whoever wins the leadership contest is entering into a game that will last only to 2023 at the latest and will be, in the words of Gerald Kaufman in the 80s; "Writing the longest suicide note in history."
Ben Wallace, having voted Remain, has recognised this and has consequently, and sensibly, ruled himself out of the current race. However, mark my words, he will run after the Conservatives lose the next General Election, serving as opposition leader for an entire Labour term, hoping to become PM in 2027/8.
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