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Thursday briefing: Why the Conservatives’ identity crisis is their biggest challenge

In today’s newsletter: As they try to find Rishi Sunak’s successor, the Tories need to decide what they stand for

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Conservative party: whatever goes around comes around

Editorial: Since 1900, only four Tory leaders have not gone on to become prime minister. Rishi Sunak’s successor is likely to become the fifth

The Guardian - UK

I suffered 13 years in opposition – here’s my advice to my despairing fellow Tories

Life in the political wilderness is grim, but you have the luxury of time. Use it to offer a constructive alternative to Labour, says former Conservative MP David Lidington

The Guardian - UK

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Tories reeling from ‘catastrophic’ election poll forecast

Conservatives predicted to lose more than 200 seats in worst election result since party’s founding

The Guardian - UK

The one mistake Rishi’s constituents cannot forgive

Residents in Rishi Sunak’s constituency of Richmond, North Yorkshire, hark back fondly to the prime minster’s local predecessor – William Hague

The Independent UK

OPINION - Tom Newton Dunn: His first decisions as Prime Minister paved the way for Rishi Sunak's campaign from hell

The first time I heard Rishi Sunak’s name was from William Hague, in Pushkar’s Indian restaurant in Birmingham.

Evening Standard

This is the kind of Britain we must now strive to become

Letters: Readers agree with Martin Kettle that Britain needs realism, not an outdated notion of its own superiority

The Guardian - UK

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Rishi Sunak to call general election for November 14 or 21, suggests Cabinet minister Michael Gove

As William Hague says most Tories back an autumn election

Evening Standard

OPINION - Long hours, fancy clothes and no annoying constituents: is David Cameron doing a good job as foreign secretary?

His wife says he is working harder than ever, but what is the foreign secretary after, other than a nice final section on his Wikipedia page? And will he ever be forgiven for Brexit?

Evening Standard

David Cameron, the ‘prime minister for external affairs’, gets tough on Israel

Drawing on his years at No 10, the UK foreign secretary is happy to ruffle feathers on the international stage while setting the agenda

The Guardian - UK

Tory donor’s comments about Diane Abbott ‘racist and wrong’, No 10 says

Statement from Downing Street follows cross-party criticism of Frank Hester’s remarks about former Labour MP

The Guardian - UK

From Barbie to Cameron: the most memorable comebacks of 2023

Observer writers choose the outstanding returns of the year in the worlds of politics, fashion, sport and film

The Guardian - UK

The Crown Season 6, Part 2: what’s true and what’s false

From William and Kate's first meeting to Willsmania, we unpick fact from fiction

Evening Standard

The Crown season 6: What is fact and what is fiction?

From the Queen’s speech at Charles and Camilla’s wedding to Kate Middleton’s mother’s meddling...

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Tories may 'never' win another election, former party leader says

WILLIAM Hague has said that the Tories may never win another election if they lose the next one...

The Guardian - UK

It’s the Rishi Sunak twilight zone: a Brexit battle reenactment that never ends

Over Europe, over Rwanda, the roundheads and blockheads fight their fights – we’re just collateral damage, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Independent UK

Tory immigration row deepens as minister says ‘strong arguments’ for Braverman’s Australia-style cap

Immigration ministers Robert Jenrick’s remarks cause fresh headache for PM – as deputy Tory chairman Lee Anderson says it was ‘about time’ for an overall cap on numbers

The Independent UK

Ex-Tory leader warns Sunak he must find another country to deport migrants to if Rwanda plan fails

‘If it wasn’t Rwanda it would have to be somewhere else’, says PM’s close ally William Hague

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The Guardian - UK

First he was the change PM. Then came the king’s speech. Now a spectacular reshuffle. Can Rishi’s endless resets ever work?

Is the Tory PM’s latest gamble, to bring back David Cameron as foreign secretary, a stroke of genius or the last desperate gamble of a drowning man?

The Guardian - UK

Nadine Dorries on cabals, cosmetic work and Cameron’s peerage: ‘If you’re an Etonian, someone just has a word with the king’

In her new book, the former Tory MP claims a shadowy ‘movement’ controlled the Tory party for decades. She discusses impostor syndrome, her bond with Boris Johnson – and why she feels like Carrie Johnson’s second mum

The Independent UK

Sunak ally Hague rejects speculation of key role in Cameron return

The former Tory leader has played down claims that he played a major behind-the-scenes role in the return of David Cameron.

The Guardian - UK

‘He still has his political mojo’: David Cameron comes back from his shed

Allies say former PM was desperate to return to government, having failed to find a role that fulfilled him outside politics

The Guardian - UK

King Charles, Britain already admitted to torture in Kenya, no need for you to choke on an apology

The monarch will talk vaguely about ‘wrongs’ on his first official visit as head of state to a Commonwealth country. This blindness about the violence of empire must stop

The Guardian - UK

The pensions triple lock is still needed – don’t let the Tories unpick it

Letters: Readers respond to suggestions that the Conservatives are considering plans to water down the scheme designed to enhance the state pension

The Guardian - UK

Far from ditching generous pensions, Britain needs a ‘triple lock’ for working-age benefits too

Here’s how a clever tweak could keep pensions growing – and keep things fairer for everyone, says the IPPR’s Harry Quilter-Pinner

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