Tim Montgomerie: Cameron must change his style of leadership

There are rumours that Tory grandees are gathering to confront Cameron over his lacklustre campaign. The prospect of electoral reform, or another election amid autumnal austerity, has many reaching for the panic button in certain Tory circles.  

Speaking to the BBC, Tim Montgomerie has just added his voice to the criticism of the campaign and Cameron’s single-minded leadership. He also added that the party wanted a radically different campaign to the one the leadership offered. The leadership gave reassurance that it knew what it was doing. Montgomerie argued that Cameron cannot expect to receive such leniency after this result.

Con Home has surveyed party members this morning, they insist, overwhelmingly according to Montgomerie, that Cameron go it alone. Intriguingly, Douglas Carswell (whose book The Plan inspired so much of Cameron’s manifesto) is arguing that the Tories embrace some form of electoral reform – mainly based on the power of recall and open primaries.