SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2019Ken Clarke for PM? Here’s how
it really could happen
The father of the house’s moment may have, finally, arrived (Getty)
JOHN RENTOUL
Kenneth Clarke really could be prime minister in two months’ time. We have hardly
begun to work out the weird scenarios that could play out in parliament after it
reconvenes on 3 September – and a temporary prime minister presiding over a
general election before the end of the year is more likely than people think.Two MPs who have spent August thinking hard about what might happen are Caroline Lucas, of the
Greens, and Nick Boles, the former Conservative. They both want to stop Britain leaving the EU without a