Hang on Sloopy
Having been distracted by the Biden saga, which is over until he decides to resign and hand the White House to Kamala so that she can run as incumbent, I am turning my attention back to Westminster and the Tory shambles.
All I can see so far is squabbling, not only between potential leadership candidates, but among the depleted rank and file MPs who have yet to agree how a contest should be run.
I have a solution to offer them. Don’t have a contest. My sense is that now that the election is over, there is an undercurrent of sympathy for Rishi Sunak. There is also a growing acknowledgment that he inherited an impossible job from the unlamented Truss and her disgraced predecessor. No, his declaration in the rain was not a good look, but I would blame that on the advisers who let him do it that way rather than at the indoor lectern,
Of all the people who are likely contenders, I don’t see one who will unite the party and advance its cause. Therefore Rishi, why not let it be known that you will stay on for at least two years?
You can be a constructive leader of HM Opposition, let the dust settle (or the rain stop), give Cruella a job to shut her up (Shadow SofS for levelling up since nobody really knows what the **** that means) and allow your party to heal and realign in a calmer atmosphere.
When the next election comes into sight, say 2027, then you can take a collective decision on the way forward. How’s that for an idea?
Quintin Jardine's blog 
The Conservatives lost because they did not improve the lives of voters over 14 years in power. They did not reduce illegal migration as promised and they foisted two profoundly unserious buffoons as leaders on the British people, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. Rishi Sunak didn’t have a chance. They elevated public relations over substance.
Boris was elected with a thumping majority. The people chose him, the parliamentary party dumped him. It his brief time in office he faced an existential crisis. History may make allowances for that but not yet. Truss started her political life as a Lib Dem and therefore was never trustworthy. Rishi was burdened by that legacy.