Tories must take on the liberal-Left consensus that runs Britain regardless of who is in power.
The winner of this contest is going to face a huge backlash from the Left, the media and the civil service.
The Tory leadership fight has given us the first serious discussion of Conservative ideas for years. The 2016 contest was cut short when Andrea Leadsom pulled out; 2019 was mostly about the technicalities of Brexit. It is only now, with candidates competing to rebuild the country post-Covid, that we are hearing compelling arguments about tax, the size of the state, Britain’s role in the world and the culture war. And the competitors are not only offering an alternative to Labour: this battle of ideas must challenge the liberal-Left consensus that dominates our institutions, regardless of who is in power....
