![]() ![]() Jacob Rees-Mogg receives a hero’s welcome, but instead of wearing his lanyard round his neck, attaches it to his buttonhole.Ī raffle table heaves with prizes including a Fortnum & Mason hamper, but the most sought-after prize is a magnum of champagne signed by Johnson himself. He is the CDO’s inspiration, martyr, or “rockstar,” as Claire Bullivant, the CDO’s CEO, puts it. “I want Boris back.” A route back to No 10 for Johnson is “highly realistic,” he insists.įorever hopeful, the organisers have laid out a lanyard with Johnson’s name on it at the check-in desk. Mrs Thatcher would have given Rishi a smack,” he says. “High tax, no growth… This is a disaster. He is still furious that Boris Johnson was ousted, which he says was a “coup,” and is deeply unhappy with the party’s direction. Mr Northcroft Brown is a lifelong Conservative who sees the CDO movement as “the only hope”. “I am absolutely incandescent with rage at Mr Sunak,” says Michael Northcroft Brown, 67, from Chingford, east London. I am here to take the temperature of the grassroots Conservative Party, and it is piping hot. ![]() Most are smartly dressed in suits, tell-tale blue ties, and lanyards, clutching conference packs branded with the slogan “Take Control.” All I speak to are frustrated at the current Conservative leadership. A gathering of hundreds of disgruntled Tories – those who describe themselves as the “real” Conservatives, the heartbeat of the party. But inside an air-conditioned conference centre just a few yards from the beach, there is a true blue sea of a different kind. Outside, the beach is swarming with stag dos and day-trippers soaking up the sun. Then, a rallying cry of, “Good morning real Conservatives!” which is met with riotous applause. “Good morning Conservative friends!” More clapping. The inaugural conference of the Conservative Democratic Organisation begins fittingly, with the national anthem, sung by Andrea Jenkyns MP wearing a Union flag-print fascinator. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |