How could Johnson plausibly seek a mandate for a no-deal exit whilst allowing MPs explicitly opposed to that programme to be Conservative candidates?
Our Party needs a stronger link between activists, MPs, and CCHQ, and a much more concerted effort to reach out to women.
If the campaign management were outsourced, as recently, who would take it on? And if it weren’t, could CCHQ really cope?
Whoever wins the leadership, I’m confident that we have what it takes to come together, carry on our good work – and take on Jeremy Corbyn.
The final one takes place in London this evening, bringing this series of events to an end.
These elections offer us an opportunity to strengthen the connection between the national leadership and the voluntary party.
Quite what such a Commission would recommend – and what a new leader would implement – remains to be seen, of course.
Our Party could only benefit from become more democratic and accountable to its dedicated and talented grassroots.
Here is Conservative Voice’s eight-point programme for a reformed Party Board, Conference and constitutional structure.
Johnson had been touted as a potential leader long before I was handing out leaflets for him a decade ago; but friends, those were different days and different times.
Claims about an organised, hostile takeover of the Party have reared their heads again. Is there any truth to them?
If Brexit really must happen, then better to be frank about the impossibility of renegotiating the deal, or exiting without one.
This is not the time to focus on the Party’s internal structures: we need to be out amongst the public, winning the argument in the country.