The Tory leadership race is at its most unpredictable
Spectator (UK)AUG 2022
While ordinary voters are worried about how they are going to afford to get through the winter, conservative leadership hopefuls are busy talking about gender, corporation tax and the European Court of Human Rights. No wonder people think politicians, especially Tories, don't understand the lives of the British people.
Not even one of Boris Johnson's would-be heirs can match up to his charisma. The realization among conservative MPs that no one else in the party will appeal to the electorate as broadly, or deliver the same levels of success at the ballot box, has prompted a stark outbreak of assassins' remorse.
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