1922 Committee

The reported insistence (Daily Telegraph, today) of the 1922 Committee that Mrs. May must set a date for her departure in order, in part, to meet the ‘existential threat’ to the Tory party is understandable, but misguided.  It is misguided because it fails to see that the problem, and the threat to the Party, is not just one of leadership but rather the electorate’s recognition that the ground has now moved and the political system must move with it.  The movement is away from party politics as we have known it. Focusing solely on the leader can only distract us from that.