The shift of power in the Tory Party

Veterans want to see slow shift of power in the Tory Party

Several heavy names within the Tory Party, including former Prime Minister David Cameron, are skeptical of an all-too-quick change of leadership, The Guardian reports. Instead, they want to see a longer process where the various candidates are properly tested, and show what they stand for in front of the party's grassroots.

Former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne points out that none of the main candidates have any significant experience of working in opposition.

- None of them have shown what they stand for. I think it is important that they are allowed to do that in the coming months, he says.

One of the designated main candidates, Suella Braverman, says on Saturday that she has not yet announced whether she will run or not.

Incumbent party leader Rishi Sunak announced after yesterday's stinging election loss that he will resign, but only when an orderly transition of power can take place.

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340,000 votes could make Reform UK bigger than the Tories

The right-wing populist Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, only managed to win five seats in parliament after the UK general election. But in terms of number of votes, the party became the third largest with around 14 per cent, and an analysis commissioned by The Telegraph shows that the party would only need to take another 340,000 votes from the Tories to overtake it as the second largest party in parliament.

It all boils down to how the British electoral system with single-member constituencies works. Support for Reform UK is currently so spread out that the party has difficulty winning in particularly many constituencies. On the other hand, they are the second largest in almost a hundred pieces.

According to the newspaper's analysis, a little more votes combined with the party working more structured to purposefully invest in the constituencies where they have the greatest chance of winning would allow them to