Thread by @peteratcmc

Liz Truss is now Prime Minister but the facts are that she became the PM without a general election, because Boris was forced to resign by a small cabal of MPs. This is despite winning a VONC and having been elected by a vast majority at the last General Election. 1/10

Boris was removed undemocratically, by MPs who claimed to have lost confidence in him. But was this the real reason? Or was it MPs trying to change the leadership for their own personal reasons with a total disregard for the British Electorate and Party members?
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In every round of the leadership contest, Rishi Sunak was backed by more MPs than any other candidate. Including the vast majority of the 1922 committee.

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This is the same committee that collects letters of no confidence, runs secret leadership ballots, and controls the whole leadership process. The 1922 committee Chairman #grahambrady agrees on the leadership campaign rules, sits on the board, and is the returning officer. 4/10

To the outside world, this looks like a small cabal of MPs trying to force their man Sunak through as the new leader. In any other profession, this would be called a stitch-up. However, the cabal failed, but are they going away, and will this same fate happen to Liz Truss? 5/10

Liz Truss has benefited from the cabal's actions and the irony is that she is now in a position to change it. She can re-democratise the Conservative Party by changing the constitution, and reducing the powers of the 1922 committee to avoid the same fate as Boris. 6/10

What is needed in the Conservative Party is sourcing correctly-motivated political talent & making it into an efficient modern campaign engine. This Falls into three areas, the very necessary separation of powers: 7/10

People, the members, Associations (where we start, first fixing the Constitution); Processes, our representatives – national and local (right candidates and selection process) Systems, the campaign machinery, resources, treasury, Party structure, CCHQ, and use of technology. 8/10

The current Party structure and the parliamentary system are broken and if Liz Truss wants to win a General Election and emerge as a true leader, she must first get back to basics and that starts with the constitution of the Conservative Party. 9/10

If Liz Truss leaves things as they are then the MPs will come for her just like they did Boris and she will suffer the same fate. Liz, this is your moment, ignore it at your peril, you have been warned. 10/10