Do not confuse the quietude on the part of Matthew Parker Street for anything more than the usual calm between election periods.
The co-Party Chairman says next year’s local elections will definitely go ahead, and won’t give a figure for Party membership.
There are some signs of improvement, and some continued problems. Share your experience with us to inform our analysis.
Our snap judgement is that Tory MPs and members are not. But there are warning signs: a fragile leader, a rusty machine – and a project that urgently needs renewal.
After exposing the flaws in the Conservative campaign operation, we propose 12 reforms to help to avoid repeating such failings in future.
Activists were asked to trust in a targeting analysis that proved to be based on flawed data and assumptions that were overturned by the manifesto.