.....and, in response to the OP......
Yes, I think it probably would.
I detest the newly-slender fraud, but I agree with you. Tory votes will go up It matters not that mostly sensible NSC would rather cut their own John Thomas off with a rusty carving knife (even the women) than see Trump's Poodle take an unsteady hand at the helm. In the wider UK, the gormless love a rogue. Women want to shag him, and mentwant to be him. And this is why the tory MPs are backing him. Winner. The party rank and file are more capricious but he'll win the leadership hands down. I won't predict the GE result until after he's ****ed up Brexit - will depend on who he's let down or pissed off the most. The Ulstermen are almost certainly likey to be new enemies of his....