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West Midlands defeat for Tories fires starting gun on future of the party

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Debate is now raging in the party over whether it should tack to the right or the left in the wake of a torrid series of results over the last few days.

Andy Street's interview with Sky News fired the starting gun for discussion over the future direction of the Conservative Party. But the battlefield immediately proved to be the Conservative WhatsApp group, also leaked to Sky News. There are two big conclusions about the leaks There are two Tory MPs publicly prepared to call on Rishi Sunak to go. Simon Clarke repeated that call to colleagues this evening - but if there were sympathisers they did not show themselves.

Read more:Mayoral election resultsCharts tell story of Conservative collapseAnalysis: Labour's future success is less clear-cut Street says the party must not ape Reform UK to its right flank, and others on the group agreed. Meanwhile, Suella Braverman was out on Saturday night making the case for exactly that - pulling out of the human rights convention and tougher crime laws.

 

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