The Conservative Party is on its last legs because it is trying to accommodate too many factions, according to Russ Jones, author of popular Twitter item The Week In Tory (TWIT).
He writes:
The Tories are
1. One Nation Conservatives, who would be recognisable to Ken Clark, and are – at the margins – interchangeable with some Lib Dems. Mercer. Wallace
2. Xenophobic English nationalists, basically UKIP, obsessed with immigration and sovereignty, eg Braverman, Patel
— Russ Jones (@RussInCheshire) October 20, 2022
5. Machine politicians attempting to hold all this together for no reason better than: they have nothing else in their lives, except for a psychotic belief that they alone deserve to rule. Gove or May, essentially
— Russ Jones (@RussInCheshire) October 20, 2022
And that was enough to let them ignore it
Then Truss
But every one of them has blown up the dreams of one of those 5 cohorts. Out of self-preservation they'll try to find a new leader 3/5 can just about live with until an election
— Russ Jones (@RussInCheshire) October 20, 2022
Tories have been the longest-lasting and most successful political party in the world cos they're shape-shifters, and it's possible they'll try to do it again.
But my gut says: no. I suspect whoever is next will go down as the final PM of the UK Conservative Party.
Drink?
— Russ Jones (@RussInCheshire) October 20, 2022
Mine will be a spiced rum and coke.
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