Johnny Mercer and the Tory loyalty problem

Following his re-election as Chairman of the 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady would be well advised to start banging a few heads together. Because the Conservative parliamentary party has turned into a thoroughgoing disgrace.

We’ve all read about the ‘transactional’ relationship between most Tory MPs and Boris Johnson – i.e. they will only continue to back him if he keeps winning. But what the past few days has highlighted is the transactional relationship Tory MPs have with each other. There is almost no semblance of basic team loyalty, let alone that higher level of solidarity known as esprit de corps.

Currently this is not a band of brothers and sisters but more a bunch of Alan B’Stards who will deploy all manner of underhand tactics against colleagues if it helps them to get ahead. If you are a Tory MP and you think that other Tory MPs are watching your back then you are right, but they are only watching because they are awaiting an opportunity to stick a dagger in it.