The Conservative Party’s survival instinct is beginning to kick in. Party members resisted the lure of Robert Jenrick telling them what he thought they wanted to hear and chose a conviction politician who will maximise their chances at the next election.
Not that the Tories’ prospects of returning to power after a one-term Labour government are good. Just because Keir Starmer has made a stumbling start and the Tories have taken a one-point lead in one opinion poll does not mean Kemi Badenoch is on the road to No 10.
