Members have been blamed for choosing badly in recent years, but MPs played their part too.
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex
Should Rayner have to stand down over a housing scandal, the party would have to run a distracting internal election.
Candidates are either trumpeting their experience or using a lack of it to distance themselves from Boris Johnson. But which is the better strategy?
The two front runners are more likely to face a right-wing candidate like Liz Truss than each other in the final phase of the race to replace Boris Johnson.
Conservative MPs vote in the first round and members in the second.
Centrists are at loggerheads with the left. They’re both right about what went wrong and that’s a problem.
A veces ha dado la sensación de que el primer ministro británico quería el puesto principal solo para ostentarlo. Pero ahora tiene por delante cinco años para ejercerlo.
At times is feels as though the prime minister wants the top job for the sake of having it. But now he’s got a long term in office to map out.
Rory Stewarts unconventional style has landed him in the second round of the Conservative leadership election – but he spins like a classic politician.
The speed is about to pick up as the field narrows.
Boris Johnson, Amber Rudd, Dominic Raab? Who will be the next prime minister?
After the initial relief that the party leaders were working together comes the realisation that they both risk splitting their parties if they strike a deal.
The prime minister has told her MPs that if they back her deal, she will leave office before the next stage of the Brexit process begins.
Quitting Labour and Conservative MPs need to decide where to position themselves if they want to keep their seats. Even then, it’s going to be a slog.
The Conservative Party might not be able to survive the fallout if May worked with the opposition against her own MPs.
A cross party alliance? A fresh election? None of the options look particularly appealing right now.
Conference has voted to keep all options on the table – but is the leadership really committed?
Activists are pushing for changes to ensure MPs have to face a ballot every time they want to stand for a constituency.
Everything you need to know about Conservative leadership contests.
It’s easy to dismiss this modern-day Bertie Wooster as a caricature. But his power is not to be underestimated.
She lurches from crisis to crisis but the prime minister remains in post. How does she do it?
The parliamentary arithmetic suggests Merkel would actually be in quite a stable position if she goes it alone, without calling fresh elections.
The party has changed nomination rules at least eight times since 1981, usually to manage internal strife.
Angela Merkel is on course for victory but she will need to form a coalition, and there’s more than one way to make that happen.
The stability of Theresa May’s administration depends on several variables.
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