How the Tory leadership race will now unfold
Whoever is in charge, the party faces a decade in the wilderness
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Whoever is in charge, the party faces a decade in the wilderness
First the professional classes abandoned the Conservatives. Now the voters are following
A true heir to Margaret Thatcher would confront the underlying reason for rising interest rates
No 10 will face defeat after defeat at the hands of Tory rebels unless it overhauls its internal machinery