Michael WindridgeFritton, NorfolkSir, Concerns about the Conservative Party’s leadership contest stem from an out-of-date voting system (“Badenoch v Jenrick as Tory leadership race takes new twist”, Oct 10). Harold ThimblebyEmeritus professor of computer science, Swansea UniversityAdvertisementSir, I joined the Conservative Party to vote against Boris Johnson becoming PM. Sir Roger Gale is spot on in saying “many loyal members of the Conservative Party will feel disenfranchised by this result”. If managing this process rationally is too challenging for the Conservative Party, one wonders how it would manage the country. First, by funding UK research into the transparency and safety of robotics, and how to carry out thorough accident investigations.

Source: The Times October 10, 2024 23:07 UTC