The Conservative Party exodus | Panel

“It’s more a case of the ships leaving the deserted rat”

The seventy eight leaving the party is a massive number and "the only reason they're leaving is because they think they're heading to a defeat" says Rod Liddle, The Sunday Times columnist.

[ML-xhgo]

Jumping the Tory ship by these minister just goes to prove that they had no loyalty to the party, no loyalty to their constituents, in loyalty to the country or the indigenous people, it’s just me, me, me, they were not worthy of their constituents and not worthy of receiving the taxpayers money, shame on all of them,

[leemoore]

"Labour 3 points down" went unchallenged, I see. In really, the polls have not moved since Wednesday, when they showed Labour at 45 and Con at 23. They're still that.

[BarriePeart]

i bet Kuenssberg doesn't bring this up on her Sunday Tory programme .

[BrokenHill]

Gove going is good news for us all. Hurrah. The Tory ship has become a submarine.

[stevesullivan]

Gone but never forgotten until severely

[johnbekoe]

We've been governing by the lunatics and we can now escape the asylum

[julianshepherd]

Fleeing the country before they get arrested

[tomas-jjgm]

Sorry instead of jumping ship just step down as useless MPs

[edc]

Without Gove who is going to set the new Tory benchmark for low life garbage.

[SimonSmith-ydtt]

and the closing date for candidates is 7th June so still lots of time for even more Tory rats to jump ship

[ryanmcmahon]

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE OTHER MP'S GREED...

[zakjuly]

We follow the USA now !!! we do not need a prime minister anymore ...

[Geffo]

More a case that the Tory bus is out of fuel and no idea where to go. Those with any sense are just getting off.

[EppingBlogger]

Senior job at News UK - that is the publisher of The Times? Ideal - he can tell the newspaper what the elites want to read.

Will Sunak retain his seat? This is a serious question. The public are not content with him or his party.

Sorry, but Gove has not been a successful reformer since he left Education.

[lookyseymour]

Genuine reformer? Don't remember Gove actually following through on reforming anything. He's a total con-man.

[thechilliman]

Rat's sinking ship you can't trust any of them

[Papatroll]

They are leaving a party that is no longer conservative.

[bartonseagrave]

Unfortunately the ship is not far enough out to sea.

[alpine_newt]

Gove is so weird, how did he ever get selected?

[alpine_newt]

Talented cabinet ministers? Who are they?