Conservatives were swept aside in the recent British general election. Now Tories are asking themselves: 'What next?'
Outgoing British PM Rishi Sunak speaks at Number 10 Downing Street, following the results of the elections, in London, Britain, July 5, 2024. / Photo: Reuters
Even before campaigning had ended, one ex-minister had launched an excoriating attack on the party for not grasping that"our failure to unite the right would destroy us". Other senior party voices to deliver an early diagnosis of the Conservatives' current predicament included David Frost, chief Brexit negotiator under ex-PM Boris Johnson.
Potential leadership candidates who managed to hang on to their seats include former home secretaries Braverman and Priti Patel. Former finance minister Jeremy Hunt became the first to rule himself out on Saturday telling"There's going to be a very immediate issue around how to relate to Nigel Farage," Michael Kenny, director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, said.
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