By a margin of more than two to one, Conservative activists support the legalisation of euthanasia, a new YouGov poll has discovered. The trouble is, according to some candidates for the Tory leadership, they believe it applies to parties as well as people.
If you talk to most Conservative MPs they will agree with both of the following statements. First, to call an election before Britain has formally left the European Union is to court death-by-ballot-box. The Tories would be deserted by Leave voters, who don’t believe that they are committed to leaving the bloc, and by Remain voters, who do. Compounding the misery, the party cannot change the subject from Brexit during an election campaign because it has done little in the past two years, outside Michael Gove’s environment portfolio and David Gauke’s justice brief, to recommend itself to voters. An unfinished Brexit and a poor governing record are a lethal cocktail that could finish the Tory party for good.
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