A Lunge to the Right Would Guarantee the Tory Party’s Demise

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With its pomposity, upper class affectations, insufferable arrogance of many of its MPs and habit of wistfully evoking a long-dead era of colonial dominance, the Conservative Party can give the illusion of being like a grand and robust old castle.

In reality, it is more like a crumbling relic. A fleeting look from one angle might evoke a sense of solidity but…