On the day of Mrs May’s big speech at the Conservative party conference this week, everything that could go wrong, did. But the crisis in the Conservative party is here to stay: a toxic brew of personal ambition, ideological visions and electoral panic. The Conservative party was once steeped in pragmatism, dominated by the wish to win elections and to be in power. Yet those who profess this anti-European nationalist creed are feted in the current Tory party. The last election threw into sharp relief the cracks in the Tory party’s support.

Source: The Guardian October 06, 2017 18:00 UTC