Jonathan Gullis is a happy man. ‘Good news!’ the ex-Tory MP for Stoke-on-Trent North wrote following reports that Priti Patel, the former Home Secretary, is to run for the Tory leadership. ‘Priti can unite the Conservative Party, take the fight to Starmer’s Labour, and win back the trust of voters’, Gullis claimed. That’s quite the prospectus, for a party in such a shattered state. If reports in the Daily Telegraph are correct, Patel has been ‘urged to run’ by fellow MPs and already has ‘a campaign team funded by ‘high-profile Tory donors”. She plans to launch her bid for the top job by the end of next week.
In standing by Boris Johnson to the last, Patel co-owned his failures
Patel has obvious virtues. She is one of the few Tory MPs left with senior cabinet experience, a healthy majority, and a public profile who hasn’t been tainted by the psychodrama of the last two years.
Comments
Join the debate for just $5 for 3 months
Be part of the conversation with other Spectator readers by getting your first three months for $5.
UNLOCK ACCESS Just $5 for 3 monthsAlready a subscriber? Log in