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Tuesday, Jul 16

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The Republican Party’s platform isn’t remotely conservative

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The GOP’s 2024 platform isn’t just full of apocalyptic bombast; it’s also a mess economically.

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How 'popular Conservatives' are destroying the party once epitomised by Ruth Davidson

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Liberal Conservatives appalled by the party’s drift towards the hard-right should think about jumping ship, writes Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael

Monday, Jul 15

19

Avoidable deaths have increased in the UK: The damning data political parties aren't discussing

medicalxpress.com

One question that British voters may have asked themselves during the 2024 election campaign is whether they are any better off now than they were in 2010 when the Conservative-led coalition came to power. A recent poll reveals that most…

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David Davis MP writes for the Telegraph on rebuilding the Conservative Party

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As published by the Telegraph Today Parliament returns, and the Conservative MPs’ WhatsApp groups are bubbling with both returning MPs and excited newbies. Already in the background you can hear the gears of a number of leadership…

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Rishi Sunak should stay on as Tory leader until NOVEMBER with the party conference used as a 'beauty parade' to choose successor, ex-Cabinet minister says

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Shadow foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell urged Conservatives not to rush the decision as he argued that an interim replacement was not the 'best option'.

02

Top Conservatives say party 'must take time to find new leader in order to have the best chance of bouncing back' after Tory strongholds wiped out by Labour landslide in general election

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Senior Tories, including Andrew Mitchell and Sir David Davis, urged the party not to rush the leadership contest, with veteran MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith touted as a potential interim leader.

Former party leader Ruth Davidson sets out her vision for reviving the fortunes of Scottish Conservatives

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Ruth Davidson has intervened in the debate over the next UK ­Conservative leader, urging the party to take its time and 'get this decision right'.

Sunday, Jul 14

11

Liz Truss blames Rishi Sunak 'trashing' her record in office and failing to slash taxes was to blame for Tory wipeout as Right and moderates 'battle for the soul' of the party

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Liz Truss, who lasted just 49 days in office, argued that her successor brought about the calamity by abandoning Conservative principles.

09

Kemi Badenoch backed as clear favourite to become Conservative Party leader

www.shropshirestar.com

New data has shown the former minister for women and equalities has the support of 25.83% of grassroots Tory members to replace Rishi Sunak.

Kemi Badenoch backed as clear favourite to become Conservative Party leader

www.expressandstar.com

New data has shown the former minister for women and equalities has the support of 25.83% of grassroots Tory members to replace Rishi Sunak.

Kemi Badenoch backed as clear favourite to become Conservative Party leader

www.standard.co.uk

New data has shown the former minister for women and equalities has the support of 25.83% of grassroots Tory members to replace Rishi Sunak.

07

Can the Conservative party survive defeat? | FT Film

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After a disastrous rejection by the voters, FT deputy opinion editor Miranda Green and political experts look at how the vanquished Tory party can rebuild

Saturday, Jul 13

23

Tory nightmare amid fears Labour-Lib Dem pact could make Conservatives 'irrelevant'

www.express.co.uk

Senior sources in the Conservative Party are worried the rival parties will agree on who holds a key Parliament position leaving Tory MPs with less influence.

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Bid to split Scots Tories from UK party would be 'damaging' claims MSP

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A former supporter of plans for a Scottish Conservative breakaway party has warned it would divide members and switch off supporters.

Conservatives plan long summer leadership election to replace Sunak

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Tory MPs vow that party members will have a say in who replaces Rishi Sunak

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To split or not to split - the big question facing winner of race to be new Scottish Conservative leader

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Race to be new Scottish Conservative leader is on but whoever wins will still be tainted by link to ‘sleaze-ridden’ UK party

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Meet the young Tories fighting to change their old party: ‘Where do we go now?’

www.theguardian.com

As the Conservatives lick their wounds, a new generation of activists fear an extended period in the political wilderness

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Major Tory donor steps down as party treasurer as Starmer accuses Sunak of leaving a ‘mountain of mess - live

www.independent.co.uk

Donor Sir Mohamed Mansour steps down as senior treasurer of the Conservative Party

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Tory treasurer who gave party £5m quits role days after election defeat

www.independent.co.uk

Sir Mohamed Mansour said it ‘makes sense’ to step down after Rishi Sunak announced he was departing as Conservative leader

Friday, Jul 12

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STEPHEN DAISLEY: The SNP doesn't look like a party reflecting on a bad election result. It looks like a party struggling to remember why it exists at all...

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What is the point of the SNP? In the wake of the worst election result in the party's history, it ought to be the future of the Conservatives under examination.