Without a fresh new vision, the next Conservative prime minister risks leading their party to election loss

By Andrew S. Roe-Crines, British Politics Lecturer, University of Liverpool

The Conservative party has got a problem. The problem can best be described as the coming together of a series of problems that will make re-election harder.

In the run-up to the next election, voters will have the ongoing cost of living crisis at the forefront of the their minds. People are struggling financially as a result of out-of-control energy prices and are harbouring increasing resentment towards the utility…

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