The Guardian view on the Tory leadership contest: stuck in the past, not focused on the future | Editorial

The Guardian view on the Tory leadership contest: stuck in the past, not focused on the future | Editorial

The Conservative party remains irrelevant because it appears unwilling to find new solutions to today’s problems In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the prince laments his sense that the world is out of joint, and he must “set it right”. That sense of responsibility and frustration similarly looms over the Conservative conference in Birmingham. The party is struggling…