The Tory blame game begins
It’s not just the ‘big names’ who have lost their seats, it’s the losses in areas that have been Tory for 100 years
Suela Braverman
Friday
Tuesday
The outrageous shutdown of NatCon Brussels
It has been a surreal day so far, but that shouldn’t distract from the fact that this is an outrageous, authoritarian assault
Sunday
After Sunak, who?
Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens, the author Fay Weldon once declared. This observation about life’s tendency to deliver sudden squalls between periods of apparent calm could certainly be applied to the leadership of the Conservative party. It is only a year ago that Kemi Badenoch rather brilliantly used the leadership contest that followed the downfall of Boris Johnson to force her way into the top rank of Conservative politicians after having been overlooked during various Johnsonite Cabinet reshuffles. Now her merits are widely acknowledged and she is firm favourite at the bookies to become the next leader of the party. Of course, nothing is happening on
Wednesday
Why are the Nat Cons so serious?
The London conference is all navel-gazing and jargon
Thursday
Liz Truss resigns
She lasted forty-five days