Rishi Sunak spent weekend ringing every Tory MP who lost their seat
The former home secretary blamed ‘liberal Conservatives’ for the election defeat and branded the flying of the Progress Pride flag as ‘monstrous’ ’s Tory leadership bid is all but over after fellow Conservatives condemned her attacks on the party and the LGBT+ movement in a speech in the US this week.tore into the party over its performance in the general election, blaming “liberal Conservatives” for the defeat and branding the flying of the Progress Pride flag as “monstrous”.
“Our problem is us. Our problem is that the liberal Conservatives who trashed the Tory party think it was everyone’s fault but their own,” she said. The Progress flag is a version of the Pride emblem that has been updated with black, brown, pink, pale blue and white stripes, to represent other marginalised groups in the LGBTQ+ community, including people of colour, the trans community, and those living with HIV/Aids.
“The fact that she continues to entertain Reform, and even in an interview the other day, didn’t rule out joining Reform, shows just how out of step she is. Former Brexit negotiator Lord Frost told a Popular Conservatism conference the Tories should elect an interim leader, adding it needed to “get serious” and avoid following the “collectivist, leftist zeitgeist” adopted by Rishi Sunak.
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