Quote Originally Posted by life on mars View Post
Nope he's no knight in shining armour, and I think tye Brexit battles were brewing well before he tied his name to it , he simply grabbed the tail wind and used it as an opportunity to become PM , Its reported his ex wife was a driver for him to do this , before that he just wanted to stay in Europe and reform from within .

Once he saw the effectiveness of Farage, Cummings and sniffed May and Cameron hesitation on the matter he grabbed the power opportunity, they had cleverly read the mood in Labour heartlands and used it wisely .

We need to consider the voting platform this all came from such as the Brexit vote , Mays the remainer reduced seats , European Elections , and then Boris's crazy 80 seat majority win ,they all shocked and had the same message.
You are right in saying that the EU question was always asked amongst the Tory party due to them having a cabal of right wing lunatics within it.

Boris though evan as a journalist inflamed these views with his constant fibs in the Telegraph, funnily enough his motivation was to gratify himself.