he's got 2 years to go to qualify for a pension ----------- why...

he's got 2 years to go to qualify for a pension ----------- why risk it by going as leader -

it's pretty easy to be forced to leave. If he just plods along for 2 years - he qualifies

and he knows that he's got almost zip chance of ever being PM - so, why bother ----- at least in the next 24 months -

maybe after that if some black swan changes the entire picture