Downing Street aide defects to the dark side

So, who is the Conservative Britain Alliance? Westminster is virtually swamped these days with an alphabet-spaghetti-esque collection of different acronyms, ranging from the CGG and CSG to the the NRG and ERG. But the CBA is both the newest and most secretive entity of them all, with little known about the Alliance, other than its name and tendency to commission polls that are unhelpful to No. 10.

But tonight a little more light has been shed on the group. First, Sir Simon Clarke did an interview with the BBC in which he admitted that even he did not know who was behind the group. And now, the Alliance has unveiled its latest recruit, straight from the heart of government himself. Will Dry, a former special adviser under Rishi Sunak, has tonight publicly defected to the CBA and is now conducting for the group.

In a statement given to the Sun, which broke the story, Dry explained his move:

Sadly, it became clear to me we weren’t providing the bold, decisive action required to overcome those challenges.