Under this scheme, the ’22 Executive would change the rules, Truss would go – and a high threshold would be set to ensure only a single nomination.
Activists are willing to go along with the Party as long as it’s prepared to go along with them. Which has meant it doing so on the great issues of the day. Which in recent years have boiled down to one – Brexit.
The new officers representing the ‘voluntary party’ are named.
This is not the time to focus on the Party’s internal structures: we need to be out amongst the public, winning the argument in the country.
Our Party could only benefit from become more democratic and accountable to its dedicated and talented grassroots.
There may be greater willingness by Brussels to negotiate following populist successes in the European elections.
Under her leadership the natural party of government has been reduced to a point where electoral annihilation appears a real possibility.
Many Association Chairmen are consulting their members, whether through ballots or other means.
The meeting will take place in central London on June 15. The motion has been signed by more than the required 65 Association Chairmen.
The Attorney General did not vote on the proposal, but also told assembled members he was “happy to commend it to his colleagues”.
As the motion that was passed by the National Convention says, Conservative MPs need to honour their manifesto pledges.
The voluntary party needs a champion. I will ask your views before making decisions, whenever a matter of significance arises.