Because he alienated all the independent MPs in Parliament in a disastrous anti-May Deal meeting, where he could have stopped an extreme Brexit and toppled the Government, but as soon as the independents entered the room he refused to talk to them and stormed out in a huff.
So 10 years ago, no-one would want to work with him. He isn’t a consensus politician.
Why didn’t he do this ten years ago?
Because he alienated all the independent MPs in Parliament in a disastrous anti-May Deal meeting, where he could have stopped an extreme Brexit and toppled the Government, but as soon as the independents entered the room he refused to talk to them and stormed out in a huff.
So 10 years ago, no-one would want to work with him. He isn’t a consensus politician.
10 years ago he was head of one of the largest political parties in parliament. Throwing that away at that point would have been ludicrous