Why Tory centrists are hopeless at leadership elections
Conservative MPs try to second-guess the membership rather than voting with conviction.
ByJames Cleverly
Why Labour shouldn’t rejoice at Badenoch vs Jenrick
Both Tory leadership candidates create risks as well as opportunities for Keir Starmer.
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James Cleverly crashes out as the Tories lurch to the right
Party members will decide between Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick.
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The Tories have a chance – but only if they elect a leader willing to disrupt
Questioning bankrupt orthodoxies is a step towards devising workable solutions.
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The ascension of James Cleverly
Can the Conservative right rally to defeat his leadership campaign?
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The Tories are in a different world to voters
There are whole swathes of the electorate to whom the party seems to offer almost nothing.
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The politics behind James Cleverly’s Chagos Islands bluster
Why did he attack a foreign policy decision that he set in motion?
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Who’s got the edge in the Tory leadership contest?
Kemi Badenoch is the clear frontrunner – but party members are notoriously difficult to poll.
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