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Tories face ‘tough battle’ after Nadine Dorries quits with No10 blast

In her resignation letter, Nadine Dorries said Rishi Sunak had abandoned ‘the fundamental principles of Conservatism’

Evening Standard

Nadine Dorries: Staunch Johnson loyalist who took on the jungle

In her letter on Saturday afternoon, Dorries accused Rishi Sunak of abandoning “the fundamental principles of Conservatism”.

The Independent UK

Even Britain’s free market bible has turned on the Tories. Do they have any friends left?

The Economist speaks to capitalism’s international elite. Its criticism of the party’s 13-year rule reflects a contempt that is now global, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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I watched Cameron and Osborne at the Covid inquiry. They are still in denial about the damage they inflicted on Britain

No matter how they squirm, the link between austerity and Britain’s pandemic outcomes is undeniable, writes Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

So long as we treat Boris Johnson as a lone wolf, the other Tory beasts will roam free

Arguing that the former leader’s premiership was a one-off won’t prevent another calamitous Tory government, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

National conservatism: the beliefs underpinning the first UK ‘NatCon’ conference

The first UK National Conservatism Conference was briefly disrupted this morning as a protester acting on behalf of Extinction Rebellion took to the stage during a speech by Jacob Rees-Mogg.

The Week

Thatcher-era chancellor Nigel Lawson dies at age of 91

MPs pay tribute to ‘a fearless and original flame of free-market Conservatism’

The Independent UK

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OPINION - Rishi Sunak is playing a cunning — and morally dubious — double game

Tomorrow, as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers his first Budget speech, he will be faced across the Despatch Box by Sir Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves. Yet his true opponents will be the ghosts of Conservatism’s recent past: Boris Johnson and the ethical crash that ended his shambolic premiership;…

Evening Standard

Ludicrous ideas, perpetual scandal: the Conservatives are in absolute freefall

The force that once thought itself the natural party of government has become a cult of bitterness and denial, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

A lesson for Sunak: when the Tories take on striking workers, they don’t always win

The prime minister is pitting the public against trade unionists — forgetting that, in millions of cases, they are the same people, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Why don’t the Tories care any more about young would-be homeowners?

Society, wrote Edmund Burke in Reflections on the Revolution in France, “is a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.” This was one of the founding principles of modern Conservatism — but…

Evening Standard

The Tories are ungovernable, and Rishi Sunak won’t bring them to heel

Brexit created a profound crisis in Conservatism – one that it is beyond the abilities of any caretaker prime minister to solve, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

This mini-budget crisis feels like the death of the Conservative party

Liz Truss has reduced the Tories to a failed revolutionary faction staring into a £62bn black hole, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

This Tory crisis reveals a party that has lost touch with reality – and its own heartlands

Liz Truss is unashamed about a plan that will hit even the middle classes hard. But her party’s drift away from them began long ago, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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This mutiny should be the end of Johnson. But never underestimate his sheer lust for power

Javid’s excoriating speech marked a watershed for the PM’s chances. The end will be messy, but it will come

Daily Mirror

'Tories now fear the party is sleepwalking towards a general election rout'

This morning’s by-election results suggest that Johnson’s brand of Conservatism has fallen out of favour with Red Wall voters and the traditional shires, writes the Mirror's Jason Beattie

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