Existential questions

The Conservative Party has to come up with some compelling answers if it is to survive

I HAVE A BAD RECORD ON voting in Conservative leadership elections. I managed not to vote in either the IDS/Ken Clarke election or the David Davis/David Cameron election, because I had resigned from the party in protest at its support for House of Lords reform and ID cards. In 2022 I also abstained, although on this occasion by choice rather than because I wasn’t eligible as an elector. This decision I blame almost entirely on the late Henry Kissinger, whose book on leadership I was reading. It held such an unfavourable mirror up to the weakness of both candidates that I didn’t feel I wanted to propel either to high office. I can’t say I look back on my decision with regret. In fact, as two years have rolled by,…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2024

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