Hunt and Johnson are wildly different, but it’s the latter who can deliver Brexit | Simon Jenkins

The former foreign secretary would roar, skid, veer and cheat, but would be more likely to carry Brexiters with him

Now there are two. The choice of Britain’s next prime minister devolves to the Tory faithful – to many Britons a disconcerting prospect. The Tory leadership election has been an eccentric display of parliamentary oligarchy. It is the British way.

Boris Johnson is now clear favourite to win. His rival Jeremy Hunt has emerged hesitantly from an uninspiring field, in which only the o...