Conservative Home
“We have such a vast mandate and when we’re actually only a handful of points behind in the polls, even in midterm.”
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Andrew Gimson
“Johnson’s defeat should not be interpreted as a final victory for the prigs and martinets who presume to tell us how we should lead our lives.”
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Snow White and the 13 dwarves? Let’s eliminate the no hopers and get on with a real contest.
Paul Goodman
“Potential candidates should be required to clear a robust threshold of mimomum support to enter the Parliamentary stage of the election – say 25 MPs”
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Next Conservative Leader. Who’s backing whom. Our working list.
Conservative Home
“Our daily updated guide to candidates and supporters as the contest for the next Conservative Party leader gears up.”
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The Next Tory Leader play-offs. The full results.
Conservative Home
“A compilation of all the outcomes of our leadership run-offs from earlier in the week.”
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Conservative Home
“Robert Buckland, Greg Clark, James Cleverly and Andrew Stephenson come in. The latter joins Ben Elliot as Conservative Party Chairman”
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Starmer escapes a fine over Beergate. One leadership contest will be enough for the time being.
William Atkinson
“It is to the Tories’ benefit that Starmer remains in place. He will be more beatable at the next election than some of his Labour rivals.”
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NATO’S tough new posture on Russia is worth little if it ignores China
Dr Sarah Ingham
“It’s no good massing troops in eastern Europe if the western powers depend on Beijing for critical industries and infrastructure.”
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Where will a change of leadership leave the Government’s strategy on the Union?
Henry Hill
“On Scottish independence and the Northern Ireland Protocol, constitutional questions will be front and centre in the leadership contest.”
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Next Tory leader play-offs. And the real winner is…none of the above.
Paul Goodman
“The number and proportion of those who say they don’t know who to vote for suggests that a leadership election soon would be wide open.”
