Senior Tory criticises ‘worst campaign in my lifetime’

Rishi Sunak accused of failing to tackle threat from Reform while candidates complain of lack of support from CCHQ

Recriminations have begun to fly around the Conservatives as a senior figure called the last few weeks the “worst campaign in my lifetime” and criticised the party for failing to tackle the threat from Reform.

Rishi Sunak started the week with warnings against handing Labour a “supermajority” and a “blank cheque” and claimed a vote for Reform would hand more power to Keir Starmer.