With Priti Patel gone, Robert Jenrick emerges as the champion of the Tory right
This leadership contest is already offering up surprises.
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The Tory centre will not hold
The Conservative Party created Reform by embracing liberal extremism. What comes next may not be what Labour expects.
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Why Donald Trump rejected American conservatism’s favourite think tank
He knows he will never win as the tribune of the right.
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An existential defeat for the Conservatives
The party did better than expected, but this is no normal loss.
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The Conservative catastrophe
The most successful political party in history has always reinvented itself after defeat. Can it do so again?
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The death of the levelling-up dream
The promise made to the voters of 2019 has been betrayed.
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Keir Starmer is no hero but he is a winner
This debate was a tactical victory, not a triumph.
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Sky News debate: all is lost for Rishi Sunak
Keir Starmer sails to victory, in spite of a tricky interview.
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