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Gauke rules out Tory leadership bid: "My position is to resist the clamour to stand - and I remain very confident that my resistance will be greater than any clamour" 
Gauke aims a passing swipe at Nigel Farage, referring to Brexit Party "currently riding high in the opinion polls" under a leader who has "stood unsuccessfully for parliament seven times"
Gauke: "It should concern us all that Tommy Robinson has twice as many Facebook followers as the Prime Minister"
Gauke says it is "essential for the sake of the country" that the Tories resist urge to be populist.
Populism will make us a "poorer and more divided nation" he says that will "drive away" metropolitan/urban voters, making hopes of a majority "all but impossible"
Populism will make us a "poorer and more divided nation" he says that will "drive away" metropolitan/urban voters, making hopes of a majority "all but impossible"
Gauke channels all his time at the Treasury to pour cold water on fervent taxcutters: "The idea that cutting taxes eventually pays for itself is the right-wing equivalent of the magic money tree"
"Aping populism won't defeat populism", Gauke says, warning it is "dangerous territory"
Populism, he says, "will undermine the United Kingdom" by fostering English nationalism
Populism, he says, "will undermine the United Kingdom" by fostering English nationalism
Gauke, a staunch 🦄 sceptic says the idea we can have "all the benefits of membership of the EU without any of the obligations has not survived collision with reality"
Clash of the Davids: Davis springs up to ask Gauke if he agrees that recent years show it is "rational to recognise that the establishment has failed"
Gauke warns against answering populists by pursuing nodeal in October: "We've got to keep trying to find a way to leave the EU in a sensible way...that means getting a deal"
Gauke asked by @jackwdoyle who he'd class as a populist in the Tories. "Good try," DG says swerving.
In the back of the room, David Davis chuckles and sticks his hand up
In the back of the room, David Davis chuckles and sticks his hand up
After reminding Gauke of May's Tory conference rhetoric- e.g "citizens of nowhere" - and Lancaster House, he makes clear to me the Prime Minister is "not who I had in mind" when thinking of populist politicians
Gauke now talking about why politicians "shouldn't make promises we can't deliver", as it causes disenchantment, so the Tories have to be "cautious what we say to people"
@ukonward Asked Gauke if he was #readyforRory given @RoryStewartUK, who until recently served with him in the MoJ, is touting his Tory leadership credentials: "Rory is a great man"
