It’s the End of the Tory Party As We Know It (And I Feel Nothing)

This time next week, Keir Starmer will likely be settling into No 10 with a thumping majority. Yet Labour has largely avoided the question of what they’re going to do with all that power once they get it, and the political media has barely posed the question.

Meanwhile, the Conservative party as we know it has shattered into pieces, the far-right is filling the vacuum, and neither of the main parties has offered a serious diagnosis of what’s gone wrong in British society.

When did the cracks in the Tory party begin to emerge? Does Starmer have secret left-wing manifesto up his sleeve? Will Michael Gove ever quit?

To paint a picture of Britain at this strange crossroads, Eleanor Penny is joined by Novara Media co-founder and LRB contributing editor James Butler.

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