Inside the race to lead the Tory party
Political Currency
Persephonica
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🗓️ 11 July 2024
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
While Keir Starmer gets on with the business of naming ministers and settling in at Number 10, the Tories are picking up the pieces of their shattered party and considering the best person to turn the ship around. So who is the new Rishi? Is it Kemi, Suella, Priti? Whoever gets the top job needs to be a healer, George says, and not a warrior.
Meanwhile, winning a campaign is one thing, staying in government is another. Ed and George think Labour is in danger of lurching into technocrat territory when all the people want is some competence around here.
And, fond memories are flowing of when Ed got the ministerial call up. Apparently Tony Blair took an unorthodox approach….
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