Tory party tearing itself apart as right-wingers steal each other’s votes

“Robert Jenrick has stolen all of Priti Patel’s people, hasn’t he, and Suella Braverman’s people as well?”

The Tory leadership election will be “a long slog” as the right side of the party have not pushed forward a clear frontrunner, says The Sunday Times columnist Charlotte Ivers.

[Pigblossom]

The funny thing is how quickly the Tory leadership contest seems utterly irrelevant

[martinradcliffe]

Given the party membership's last choice was Liz Truss, it may not be unfair to say that hopes are not

[Geoff]

It’s astounding how friendly the times are still being towards the tories

[danmayberry]

'I saw how grotesquely unqualified so many of us were.' - Rory Stewart, 2020 (!)

[annishilcock]

I don't think the nation is as transfixed with the leadership contest as Times Radio is.

[midlandgeordie]

Hopefully the continued decline of the incompetent Tories 🤞

[markhayward]

None of the suggested Tory leadership contenders that have emerged so far have any understanding either of how angry voters are with the Tories or how divorced from the real world interests and concerns of voters they are.

If the Tories are ever to be a major force in British politics again, they have to reconnect with the centre ground of public opinion.

[TMFalconPunch]

Gotta love when you describe a Tory doing precisely nothing impressive as "quietly competent" in the same sentence

[davidhall]

Mel Stride channelling Francis Urquhart 😂 Does anybody apart from the Tories actually care whatever old nag is shackled to lead the Tory cart? 😂

[musicman]

Joining the tory party now will not give you a say in who the next PM will be because their next leader will not become PM. It will, however, mean you only have an 83% chance of living till 2029

[garyholyhead]

Tories are like a bunch of duds from the Apprentice, That show has a lot to answer for

[DC.]

Interesting, clearly Jeremy Corbyn is still living for free in the collective consciousness of the Conservative Party mind, for them to adopt the Corbyn clause for membership. What possibly could go wrong.

[robertnewton]

Bugs bunny
Mickey mouse
Donald duck
Have all stated that they will not be endorsing
Robert jenryk

[andrewgreen]

Lol no the EU is not going to "do Rwanda" and anyone who thinks so should not be taken seriously

[smarcier]

Closing the hatch after the good ship incompetence has sunk 🚢 ?

[PassiveAgressive]

I would join just to vote against Badenoch😅😅😅

[alansquared]

We should just have compulsory migration for everyone. Every ten years staggered, every single person has to move to a different country. Problem solved.

[mauricetucker]

What about a policy on social services local government housing, tax, brixit,?

[jimmcguiggan]

Thanks for all your work well done, your love of our country shines through in all the help you gave us and all the fulfilled promises. Great luck.

[BrianWMay]

Well they've torn the country apart. Their tenure was SO bad Labour have got in with an absolute majority so it's going to get worse.

We have ineffective Tories to thank for that, they couldn't even put their differences aside to ensure Labour didn't get in.

As an ex Tory Party member, I will NEVER vote Conservative again.