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However, before he could lead the party into a general election, Duncan Smith lost the vote on a motion of no confidence by MPs. [103] This was despite the Conservative support equalling that of Labour in the months leading up to his departure from the leadership. [97] Michael Howard then stood for the leadership unopposed on 6 November 2003. [104]
Portrait of James, Duke of York by Henri Gascar, 1673. As a political term, Tory was an insult (derived from the Middle Irish word tóraidhe, modern Irish tóraí, meaning "outlaw", "robber", from the Irish word tóir, meaning "pursuit" since outlaws were "pursued men") [9] [10] that entered English politics during the Exclusion Bill crisis of 1678–1681.
Many Tories—both red and blue—opposed such moves, while others took the view that all would have to be pragmatic if there was any hope of reviving a strong party system. The Canadian Alliance party (as the Reform Party had become) and some leading Tories came together on an informal basis to see if they could find common ground. While ...
The North West Essex MP became the first black woman elected to lead a major UK political party, and the fourth woman to lead the Tories, as she stormed to victory over Robert Jenrick with 56.5% ...
The Tories will face stiff competition from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens. Q: Can Badenoch unite a divided Tory party? Fru T-Bunn
Mr Stride said the Tories have a “huge mountain to climb” after the last general election but they “have the time to do it”. He told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg: “There will ...
The Tories had been a coalition that often formed the government from 1760 until the Reform Act 1832. Modernising reformers said the traditionalistic party of "Throne, Altar and Cottage" was obsolete, but in the face of an expanding electorate from the 1830s to 1860s, it held its strength among royalists, devout Anglicans and landlords and ...
The Tories can afford to lose up to 46 seats before their notional 2019 majority would be wiped out.