October 10, 2024

Cock-up, rather than conspiracy, the likely cause of Cleverly’s surprise exit

Claudio Ctin1 mins
Cock-up, rather than conspiracy, the likely cause of Cleverly’s surprise exit

Law of unintended consequences more likely to have played key role in Tory leadership election

Whenever something unexpected happens in politics, two questions immediately arise: how the hell did it happen, and what does it mean? With the latest twist in the Conservative leadership race, the first of these at least presents no obvious answers.

James Cleverly would have gone to bed on Tuesday night overwhelmingly confident he would progress to the final two of the contest. He had topped the third round of voting by Tory MPs, had clear momentum, and was the bookmakers’ favourite.

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