This week, Tory in-fighting comes to the fore, but could the party be even more divided than we thought? Meanwhile, across the Pond, Donald Trump continues to cause backlash. Is he to blame for an ideological shift to the left in the country? Thankfully, our own Head of State isn’t on Twitter, though that doesn’t stop people speculating about her Majesty’s personal opinions. Is the Queen a Eurosceptic?
First, the Conservative Party is taking up arms against each other. This week, back room plotting came to the fore with the Brexiteer group the ERG openly discussing Mrs May’s demise and Boris Johnson dominating headlines. But James Forsyth reveals in this week’s cover piece that there are more fractures in the party than merely a Chequers/Brexiteer divide. He joins the podcast with Paul Goodman, former Tory MP and editor of Conservative Home. James tells us that the ERG plotting hasn’t done the group any favours:
‘I think if you were No 10 you might be tempted to pop a champagne cork upon hearing this news, because it’s the worst kind of plotting.
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