Daily Mail

IT WAS ALL GO FOR BREXIT BOJO

- Andrew.pierce@dailymail.co.uk

No oNe can fault Boris’s work rate in the referendum campaign. a Loughborou­gh University analysis of media appearance­s shows that Johnson made 379, followed by Nigel Farage on 182, and Michael Gove on 161.

david Cameron topped the poll with 499, with George osborne in third place for remain on 230. But what of the other leadership contenders? Theresa May lagged in 14th place with only 29 appearance­s, proof positive that she kept a low profile to ensure she never offended either side. as for another Tory leadership contender, bearded Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb, he didn’t really feature at all in the biggest British political debate of the postwar years.

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