If the Tories lose the final election after which lurch to the Proper it’s going to merely consign the Conservative Social gathering to an extended spell in opposition, a senior MP has warned.
Sir Bob Neill, the Tory chairman of the Justice Choose Committee, insisted the end result of the election isn’t but completed and dusted however he issued a warning within the occasion the Conservatives do sink to defeat.
He advised Instances Radio: “If it [the Conservative Party] lurched to the Proper, we’d find yourself being in opposition for longer. It’s so simple as that.
“You’ve solely bought to have a look at historical past. We did the identical factor after 1997 and we wasted years going round in ideological circles earlier than really actuality dawned and Michael Howard steadied the ship and David Cameron got here by way of and we grew to become electable once more.
“We managed to toxify ourselves and it took a very long time to detoxify ourselves. I believe frequent sense would say don’t try this once more as a result of Keir Starmer, a wonderfully affordable man on a private stage, isn’t Tony Blair.
“A Labour authorities, if it have been to return in, will likely be eminently beatable by a wise, refreshed, centrist, pragmatic Conservative Social gathering.”
