How the Tories lost the plot
The Conservative Party’s leadership crises have led to institutional collapse
ByTory leadership election
Can Rishi Sunak possibly unite the Conservative Party?
Party divisions will open once more when the meaning of renewed austerity becomes clear.
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Rishi Sunak to become prime minister after Penny Mordaunt withdraws
The former chancellor faces huge political and economic challenges.
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The Conservatives cannot guarantee the security of their leadership election
Experts say an online poll to elect a head of government, implemented in less than a week, cannot be secure…
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Some advice for Rishi Sunak as Britain’s new prime minister
As the keys to No 10 are handed over, policy leaders share their thoughts on the biggest issues facing the…
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Boris Johnson is as resentful and self-pitying as ever
The Prime Minister still views his defenestration as an injustice, one he may want to rectify.
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Liz Truss’s Tory leadership win is the narrowest under the current rules
Boris Johnson, David Cameron and Iain Duncan Smith all won by bigger margins than Truss.
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Can Liz Truss resist becoming Boris 2.0?
Truss looks set to continue with the same toxic, dishonest, scorched-earth brand of politics practised by her predecessor.
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Liz Truss has no moral right to be prime minister
The UK’s new leader represents only a tiny, secretive group of highly unrepresentative voters.
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Why Rishi Sunak failed
The former chancellor, once Britain’s most popular politician, seems to have let No 10 slip from his grasp. Where did…
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As the Tory leadership race ends, Liz Truss prepares to enter No 10
Around 12.30pm Truss is set to be announced as the new PM, what will her government look like?
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Of course Rishi Sunak still thinks he will win
His sustained confidence is baffling – until you remember that this is a man who has won at everything he…
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Trussonomics explained: Can Liz Truss save the economy?
There is no reason to believe that Liz Truss's tax policy would pay for itself or reduce inflation.
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Britain at the mercy of the Tory party faithful
Once again, a UK prime minister has been chosen by a cartel of Conservative members. How did the “selectorate” end…
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A Liz Truss government means the return of the radical right
As a brutal winter beckons, the Conservative leadership front-runner and her band of free-market ideologues threaten to drag Britain further…
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Liz Truss faces a tricky return to parliament
Inflation needs addressing, the Tory leadership election has left a toxic mood, and her MPs didn’t pick her.
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End the Tory leadership race now and fix the energy bills crisis
The Conservatives are fiddling while Rome burns.
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The Tories are playing a dangerous game with the Bank of England
A financial crisis is coming and Liz Truss has the air of a gambler who bets the lot at the…
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When will Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak get real about the NHS?
The health service is still in crisis, but the Tory leadership candidates seem more interested in eroding the NHS’s “free…
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What Liz Truss doesn’t get about “graft”
Low productivity is nothing to do with British workers being lazy.
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