‘Ultimately, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss don’t have a grasp of the danger the Tory party is in.’
This week, Grace speaks to Phil Burton-Cartledge, author of Falling Down: The Conservative Party and the Decline of Tory Britain, about the current leadership contest within the Conservative Party,
They discuss why there’s a dearth of Tory talent, why both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are trying to model themselves on Margaret Thatcher, and whether they have any answers to long-term issues facing both the country and the Conservative Party itself.
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