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#Tory leader[sic] contest up in air as party figures fail to agree on timetable - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/18/tory-leader-contest-up-in-air-as-party-figures-disagree-on-timetable
#ToryInfighting #ToryIncompetence

‘The entire #ClownShow caught up with us’: #ToryInfighting erupts after defeat

#Honours for the key figures behind decision to hold July poll becomes focus of anger among senior #Conservatives
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/06/the-entire-clown-show-caught-up-with-us-tory-infighting-erupts-after-defeat
#GE2024 #AfterTheElection

#Tory peer #PeterCruddas shared posts supporting #NigelFarage and Reform UK

Exclusive: almost half of #billionaire Tory donor’s last 100 reposts were in support of [very] #rightwing party
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/17/tory-peer-peter-cruddas-shared-posts-supporting-nigel-farage-and-reform-uk
#ToryBehaviour #ToryInfighting #RightWingVsVeryRightWing #GE2024

"But ye gotta know where ye're just gonna rush in. Ye cannae just rush in anywhere. It looks bad, havin' to rush oout again straight awa'."
Terry Pratchett; The Wee Free Men
#Discworld #DRoss #ExpensesFraud #NickedElectionSeat #DobbedInByYerOwn #ToryInfighting #BlueOnBlue

'‘You can’t rule out a #CompletePanickedMeltdown’: #Tories fear #wipeout after another disastrous week

#Infighting, #suspensions and bizarre allegations have dogged efforts to restore order as the party prepares for May’s #byelections
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/20/you-cant-rule-out-a-complete-panicked-meltdown-tories-fear-wipeout-after-another-disastrous-week

#ToryBehaviour #ToryInfighting #RatsInASack #LocalElections

MPs vote for #SmokingBan despite #ToriesDivision over plan

#RishiSunak suffers blow to his authority as 57 of his own MPs vote against his plan and over 100 abstain

The House of Commons voted by 383 to 67 in favour of the prime minister’s plan to make it illegal for anyone born in 2009 or later to buy tobacco products in the UK.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/16/house-of-commons-votes-in-favour-of-smoking-ban-despite-opposition-from-dozens-of-tories
#ToryInfighting

'A legal assessment by the #UK #ForeignOffice of whether #Israel is in breach of #InternationalHumanitarianLaw in #Gaza risks being subsumed in a #Conservative row over the party’s loyalty to the country, and by rival judgments on the damage to #British interests in the wider #MiddleEast if the UK is not seen to distance itself from #Israel’s methods.'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/04/legal-assessment-of-israels-actions-in-gaza-risks-being-subsumed-in-tory-row
#IsraelHamasWar #Palestine #OPT #Complicity #ToryInfighting

#ToryInfighting grows as peer calls for end to #Israel #ArmsSles
Nicholas Soames says end to #WeaponsExports would send strong message on the crisis in #Gaza

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/04/tory-infighting-grows-as-peer-calls-for-end-to-israel-arms-sales
#IsraelHamasWar #Palestine #OPT #UK #Complicity

Rebel #Tory MPs pushing for #RishiSunak to #quit before he is #deposed

Some said to be lobbying for PM to #resign to avoid spectacle of #coup, while others are waiting for outcome of May local elections
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/18/tory-mps-pushing-for-rishi-sunak-to-quit-before-he-is-deposed
#ToryInfighting

We’ve given up the fight, say top #Tories as #byelection defeats loom

Senior #Conservative says party has descended into ‘#DeathSpiral’ as poll losses set to fuel fresh attacks on #Sunak’s leadership
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/10/tories-conservative-byelection-defeats-sunak-leadership-death-spiral

#ToryInfighting

#KemiBadenoch says #DeathThreats intensified after #NadineDorries book

#BusinessSecretary says conspiracy theory about ‘plotters’ dangerous in hands of violent, unbalanced people
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/09/kemi-badenoch-death-threats-nadine-dorries-book-conspiracy
#BorisJohnson #ToryInfighting #ToryBehaviour

#KemiBadenoch is member of ‘#EvilPlotters’ #Tory #WhatsApp group

Exclusive: #BusinessSecretary who has told party rebels to stop ‘stirring’ and back PM is in group along with #MichaelGove
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/29/kemi-badenoch-member-evil-plotters-tory-whatsapp-group
#ToryInfighting #ToryHypocrites #RatsInASack

#Badenoch hits out at #Tory plotters for seeking to remove #Sunak

Business secretary says it would be wrong to replace Sunak as party leader on the basis of poor polling
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/28/kemi-badenoch-hits-out-at-tory-plotters-for-seeking-to-remove-rishi-sunak
#ToryInfighting #RatsInASack

Stop badgering the #Tories to run the country. They’re #plotting and #putsching, and really don’t have the time -'

'...if the Conservative party’s war ends as the polls suggest – I expect they will melt insouciantly away into new lives, having not been held to account for the self-centred chaos they have visited upon the very people they were supposed to serve.'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/26/tories-plot-poll-bad-public-services
#ToryInfighting

“‘There's lots of waiting in warfare,’ said Boy Willie.
‘Ah, yes,’ said Mr Saveloy. ‘I’ve heard people say that. They say there’s long periods of boredom followed by short periods of excitement.’
‘Not really,’ said Cohen. ‘It’s more like short periods of waiting followed by long periods of being dead'.”
Terry Pratchett; Interesting Times
#Discworld #ToryInfighting #SimonClarkeMakesAStand #ToryBlueOnBlue #SlowDeathOfTheToryParty

'Who was behind #poll predicting #ToryWipeout – and what do they want? -

Nobody seems to know mystery organisation that funded #YouGov survey but its agenda is clear' '...a change from #RishiSunak.'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/20/who-was-behind-poll-predicting-tory-wipeout-and-what-do-they-want
#ToryInfighting

It’s the latest episode of the #Tories – and it makes #SquidGame look like the #Brownies

Watch as they stab themselves in the back and shoot themselves in the foot over the #Rwanda policy. Compulsive viewing
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/19/tories-squid-game-rwanda-policy
#ToryPoliciesInAction #BrexitDejaVu #ToryInfighting

#Rwanda bill: legislation passes third reading as rightwing rebellion recedes – #UKpolitics live -
The good news for #RishiSunak is that, as widely predicted, his Rwanda bill passed the Commons with relative ease. But in keeping with the curse faced by so many recent Conservative prime ministers, getting what he wants could be just the start of his troubles. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jan/17/tory-rebels-rwanda-bill-echr-pmqs-rishi-sunak-keir-starmer-northern-ireland-david-cameron-uk-politics-latest
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInfighting

An internal #Tory drama engulfing our politics? The #Rwanda policy feels like #Brexit all over again

Even if #RishiSunak’s bill scrapes through, the #Conservative right have again made their agenda all anyone’s talking about
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/17/tory-politics-rwanda-policy-brexit-rishi-sunak-conservatives
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInfighting

#AlokSharma: I won’t back #UK government’s #OilAndGasBill

Former #Cop26 chair says bill reinforces ‘unfortunate perception about UK rowing back from #ClimateAction’

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/08/alok-sharma-i-wont-back-uk-government-oil-and-gas-bill
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ClimateCrisis #DontLookUp #ToryInfighting

A #PPE farrago, a car crash interview and a fight with the PM: Lady #Mone has her foot on the gas, hasn’t she?

For everyone enraged by the #Covid19 equipment scandal who can’t quite find the words, try these – #MichelleMone and her husband, Doug
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/19/ppe-lady-michelle-mone-covid-equipment-doug-barrowman
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryCorruption #ToryInfighting #RatsInASack

‘They all knew’: #MichelleMone hits out at #RishiSunak over #PPE deals

Former #Tory peer says government was aware of her involvement in #PPEMedpro ‘from the very beginning’
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/18/michelle-mone-hits-out-rishi-sunak-ppe-deals

#ToryPoliciesInAction #Covid19 #ToryCorruption #ToryInfighting #RatsInASack

Martin Rowson on the #Tories’ #Rwanda problem – cartoon - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2023/dec/12/martin-rowson-tories-rwanda-problem-cartoon #ToryInfighting #RatsInASack #DontLookUp

#Cop28 live: #UK accused of ‘outrageous #DerelictionOfLeadership’ as #ClimateChange minister leaves conference

Fury as #GrahamStuart returns to London as #CarolineLucas says UK has ‘obliterated its moral authority’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2023/dec/12/cop-28-live-latest-updates-climate-conference
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ClimateCrisis #ToryIndifference #DontLookUp #ToryInfighting #Rawanda

It’s the #RishiSunak #TwilightZone: a #Brexit battle reenactment that never ends

Over #Europe, over #Rwanda, the roundheads and blockheads fight their fights – we’re just collateral damage
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/12/rishi-sunak-twilight-zone-brexit-battle-reenactment-rwanda
#ToryPoliciesInAction #RatsFightingInASack #ToryInfighting

#JeremyHunt faces red wall revolt if he delivers ‘a #BudgetForTheRich’

The chancellor’s potential #InheritanceTax cut in Wednesday’s #budget would aid #millionaires amid a #CostOfLivingCrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/nov/18/jeremy-hunt-faces-red-wall-revolt-if-he-delivers-a-budget-for-the-rich
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInfighting #MoneyForTheRichAusterityForThePoor

'What you’ve missed at the #CovidInquiry

From allegedly lost WhatsApp messages to Sir #PatrickVallance’s frank #lockdown diary, revelations only get more intriguing
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/18/wednesday-briefing-first-edition-covid-inquiry-boris-johnson-patrick-vallance
#COVID19 #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryIndifference #ToryInfighting

In the #Tory leadership battle, only the deranged are welcome. Arise, #LizTruss

The quest for #PureConservatism is afoot, and the former PM is not short of ideas. The problem is that they’re all really terrible
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/02/in-the-forthcoming-leadership-battle-only-the-deranged-are-welcome-step-forward-liz-truss
#ToryInfighting #Splitters!

Who would replace #RishiSunak as #Tory leader if he loses the #election?

The prime minister’s rivals are shoring up support at the #Conservative conference in case of polling #defeat
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/02/who-would-replace-rishi-sunak-as-tory-leader-if-he-loses-next-election
#ToryInfighting #DeadDuckPM
#GTTO

Vultures circle around #Sunak as dead-eyed delegates look on

The #Tory party conference in Manchester is all about survival – no one except those close to the PM have much faith in a reset
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/01/vultures-circle-around-sunak-conservative-party-conference-manchester
#ToryInfighting

#RishiSunak pushes to axe northern #HS2 #rail line ahead of #Tory conference -

Sources say the PM wants to scrap the section to Manchester before the party’s annual gathering in the city next weekend
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/23/rishi-sunak-pushes-to-axe-northern-hs2-rail-line-ahead-of-tory-conference
#ToryInfighting

#Johnson inquiry report on attack by MPs could prompt fresh #ToryInfighting

Findings on ‘sustained attempt’ to undermine #PrivilegesCommittee expected as early as next week

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/20/johnson-inquiry-report-on-attack-by-mps-could-prompt-fresh-tory-infighting #ToryCorruption #ToryBehaviour

#Brexit distracted #UK ministers from #Covid19 planning, official tells #CovidInquiry

Government focused on no-deal preparation and did not foresee need for #PPE, #ContactTracing or possible #lockdowns
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/16/brexit-distracted-uk-ministers-from-covid-planning-official-tells-inquiry
#ToryChoices #ToryPoliciesInAction #BrexitCostsLives
#ToryInfighting

Are #Tory MPs as deluded as #BorisJohnson? It’s a tough act to follow, but they’re doing their best

Why accept responsibility for enabling their old boss when they could carry on his grand tradition of denial and avoidance?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/16/tory-mps-boris-johnson-partygate-report #ToryInfighting #Sunak #Covid19 #CovidInquiry #PartyGate

#BorisJohnson calls for #Tory MP on #PrivilegesCommittee to resign -
“The #ConservativeParty is now in a full blown civil war, while people struggle to afford to pay their mortgage or get a GP appointment...." https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/14/boris-johnson-calls-for-tory-mp-on-privileges-committee-to-resign
#ToryInfighting #GeneralElectionNow

“It was turning out to be one those days. The sort you got every day.”
Terry Pratchett; The Fifth Elephant
#DiscWorld #ToryInFighting #BlueOnBlue #WhatsApp #CovidInquiry