SubtleBlade ⚔️Jul 19, 2024
#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
Tory leader contest up in air as party figures disagree on timetable

Idea for interim leader and candidates not chosen until autumn conflicting with desire to act sooner

The Guardian
SubtleBlade ⚔️Jul 6, 2024

‘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

‘The entire clown show caught up with us’: Tory infighting erupts after defeat

Honours for key figures behind decision to hold July election becomes focus of anger among senior Conservatives• General election 2024 – live news

The Guardian
SubtleBlade ⚔️Jun 17, 2024

#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

Tory peer Peter Cruddas shared posts supporting Nigel Farage and Reform UK

Exclusive: almost half of billionaire Tory donor’s last 100 reposts were in support of rightwing party

The Guardian
Lady Wicket💗Jun 10, 2024
"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
SubtleBlade ⚔️Apr 20, 2024

'‘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

‘You can’t rule out a complete panicked meltdown’: 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

The Guardian
SubtleBlade ⚔️Apr 16, 2024

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

MPs vote for smoking ban despite Tories’ division over policy

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

The Guardian
SubtleBlade ⚔️Apr 4, 2024
'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
Legal assessment of Israel’s actions in Gaza risks being subsumed in Tory row

Conservative supporters of Israel want David Cameron to dial back criticism and accept defeat of Hamas is in UK’s interest

The Guardian
SubtleBlade ⚔️Apr 4, 2024

#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

Tory infighting grows as peer calls for end to Israel arms sales

Nicholas Soames says end to weapons exports would send strong message on the crisis in Gaza

The Guardian
SubtleBlade ⚔️Feb 19, 2024

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

Rebel Tory MPs pushing for Rishi Sunak 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

The Guardian
SubtleBlade ⚔️Feb 10, 2024

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

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

Senior Conservative says party has descended into ‘death spiral’ as poll losses set to fuel fresh attacks on Sunak’s leadership

The Guardian