How to end the Tory leadership chaos cycle
From our UK edition
In the eight years since David Cameron resigned as prime minister, the Conservatives have had four different leaders. Soon it will be five. Between Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, recent stints at the top of the party have averaged just two years. Being the leader of the Conservative Party – a role for which six candidates are currently vying – has become an almost impossible job. Restoring Conservative fortunes will depend upon breaking the cycle of chaos at the top of the party Intractable policy challenges, especially Britain’s relationship with the European Union which felled both Cameron and May, go some way towards explaining the tumult. So does the poor quality of some leaders, none more so than forty-nine day premier Truss.
