Dispirited former Tory ministers shrink from the opposition grind
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Robert Jenrick: shapeshifter or ideologue?
Critics think he is a populist willing to say anything, allies defend him as a principled reformer.
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When does a politician become a “big beast”?
These days the Westminster jungle is ruled by pygmies.
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Where have all the Tory women gone?
The Conservative Party is struggling to promote female candidates for the next election.
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The by-election results are a bonfire of Tory delusions
Westminster has long underpriced the chance of a Conservative wipeout.
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Neither Labour, nor the Tories, will tell the truth about our plight
Tax cuts or Biden-style investment will not be possible in the next parliament.
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The Conservatives are heading where the Republican Party led
Liz Truss and her allies are laying the ground for the radicalisation of the Tories in opposition.
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Labour shouldn’t hope that the Tories lurch further right
In a volatile political era, it would be complacent to assume that an extreme Tory opposition party is “unelectable”.
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Rishi Sunak is out of time
It is too late for the Prime Minister to unite a divided and directionless Conservative Party.
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Right-wing papers are preparing the Tories’ downfall over net zero
As with their coverage of Liz Truss’s leadership, the Sun, Mail and Telegraph are out of touch with public opinion.
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Liz Truss’s return is a gift to Labour
Some Tory voices want Rishi Sunak to bar Truss from standing as a Conservative candidate at the next election.
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How dangerous is the school concrete crisis for the Tories?
The debacle could define public perceptions of Conservative incompetence.
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Danny Kruger: “The moral condition of England is worse”
The MP and former political secretary to Boris Johnson reflects on the Tories’ decline.
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The Tories are showing how to lose the next election
Leaving the European Convention on Human Rights is not a voter priority.
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The polling data that shows the Tories could recover
Harold Wilson narrowed a 26-point polling deficit to just two. Could Rishi Sunak do the same?
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The Tories must become the party of green capitalism
Unlike Labour, the Conservatives could combat climate change without lowering our living standards.
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The absurdity of the Tories’ “on your bike” plea
By imploring the over-50s to become Deliveroo cyclists, ministers are attacking their own potential supporters.
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Why the Tories are rowing back on net zero
The unpopularity of Ulez in Uxbridge has spooked the government into focusing on “proportionate” responses to climate change.
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The Tories choose attack as the best form of defence
The Uxbridge by-election has set the summer’s political weather.
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The Tories just want to watch the world burn
Rishi Sunak is putting the Conservatives’ narrow partisan interests ahead of the common good on climate change.
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