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| Theresa May will fight and win next election, says Damian Green | Theresa May will fight and win next election, says Damian Green |
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| Damian Green, one of the prime minister’s closest allies in the cabinet, has insisted she will fight the next election, hinting he expects votes for the Lib Dems to deliver a Tory victory. | Damian Green, one of the prime minister’s closest allies in the cabinet, has insisted she will fight the next election, hinting he expects votes for the Lib Dems to deliver a Tory victory. |
| Green, the first secretary of state and de facto deputy prime minister, appointed by Theresa May after she lost seats at the general election, said May would have “a big record of achievement” by 2022 and the “wrong impression took hold” in the election campaign. | Green, the first secretary of state and de facto deputy prime minister, appointed by Theresa May after she lost seats at the general election, said May would have “a big record of achievement” by 2022 and the “wrong impression took hold” in the election campaign. |
| “She’s warm, has a sense of humour, she’s good company and she is, as has been observed, fantastically hardworking and conscientious … The more people see that, the better she will do politically,” he told the Spectator in an interview before the Conservative conference in Manchester this weekend, where the prime minister’s future is likely to come under scrutiny. | “She’s warm, has a sense of humour, she’s good company and she is, as has been observed, fantastically hardworking and conscientious … The more people see that, the better she will do politically,” he told the Spectator in an interview before the Conservative conference in Manchester this weekend, where the prime minister’s future is likely to come under scrutiny. |
| At his party’s conference this week, the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, said the political centre ground had shifted to the left and he promised to rein in free markets. His words came as May prepared to make a spirited defence of capitalism and free markets in a speech on Thursday. | At his party’s conference this week, the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, said the political centre ground had shifted to the left and he promised to rein in free markets. His words came as May prepared to make a spirited defence of capitalism and free markets in a speech on Thursday. |
| Green said he believed centrist voters wary of Corbyn and the economic policies of the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, could deliver the Tories victory at the next election. | Green said he believed centrist voters wary of Corbyn and the economic policies of the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, could deliver the Tories victory at the next election. |
| “If people actually think they are going to be put into practice, they will start searching for alternatives,” he told the magazine. “I’d obviously hope that they will come to us. But it seems at least possible that they’ll go to the Liberal Democrats, or the Greens.” | “If people actually think they are going to be put into practice, they will start searching for alternatives,” he told the magazine. “I’d obviously hope that they will come to us. But it seems at least possible that they’ll go to the Liberal Democrats, or the Greens.” |
| Asked if votes for the Lib Dems might be the key to defeating Labour, Green said: “Yes, that’s right.” | Asked if votes for the Lib Dems might be the key to defeating Labour, Green said: “Yes, that’s right.” |
| The Lib Dem leader, Vince Cable, responding to Green’s comments, said the cabinet minister was right that his party aimed to be “the moderate, economically credible alternative” to Labour, but said it was “every bit as determined to win over Conservative voters” concerned about Brexit. | The Lib Dem leader, Vince Cable, responding to Green’s comments, said the cabinet minister was right that his party aimed to be “the moderate, economically credible alternative” to Labour, but said it was “every bit as determined to win over Conservative voters” concerned about Brexit. |
| “They have seen Theresa May destroy the Conservative reputation for being the party of sound economics, and seen how uncaring and incompetent she is over NHS waiting lists, school cuts and benefits,” he said. | “They have seen Theresa May destroy the Conservative reputation for being the party of sound economics, and seen how uncaring and incompetent she is over NHS waiting lists, school cuts and benefits,” he said. |
| “Damian Green is a man of decent instincts and he understands that the centre ground has been abandoned by the two biggest parties. Under my leadership I am determined that the Liberal Democrats should fill that vast space.” | “Damian Green is a man of decent instincts and he understands that the centre ground has been abandoned by the two biggest parties. Under my leadership I am determined that the Liberal Democrats should fill that vast space.” |
| In the interview, Green also took aim at the former Downing Street chief-of-staff Nick Timothy, author of the Conservative 2017 manifesto, saying the poor election result for the Tories “boils down to having a manifesto that clearly didn’t work”. | In the interview, Green also took aim at the former Downing Street chief-of-staff Nick Timothy, author of the Conservative 2017 manifesto, saying the poor election result for the Tories “boils down to having a manifesto that clearly didn’t work”. |
| Green, a former television journalist, also insisted jostling cabinet colleagues including the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, should keep their views about May’s leadership and her Brexit policy private. | Green, a former television journalist, also insisted jostling cabinet colleagues including the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, should keep their views about May’s leadership and her Brexit policy private. |
| “There are views to be expressed on all issues and I would prefer them to be expressed in private rather than in public,” he said. In a barb at Johnson’s 4,000-word article in the Telegraph laying out his Brexit vision, Green said: “I’m not a journalist any more … I have needed to develop a different skill-set and a different attitude to the world.” | “There are views to be expressed on all issues and I would prefer them to be expressed in private rather than in public,” he said. In a barb at Johnson’s 4,000-word article in the Telegraph laying out his Brexit vision, Green said: “I’m not a journalist any more … I have needed to develop a different skill-set and a different attitude to the world.” |
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