Churchill decides from very early on that he will create a political position that is somehow above left and right, embodying the best points of both sides and thereby incarnating the will of the nation. He thinks of himself as a gigantic keystone in the arch, with all the lesser stones logically induced to support his position. He has a kind of semi-ideology to go with it - a leftish Toryism: imperialist, romantic, but on the side of the working man.
Boris JohnsonThis is our chance to build a Britain where everyone benefits from the success of the economy.
Boris JohnsonThe next Tory leader would have to unify his party and ensure that Britain stood tall in the world.
Boris JohnsonI think it's absolutely amazing and how the Remain side have the cheek to come and tell us that we improve our security by staying in this organisation I do not understand.
Boris Johnson