There’s much to be said about @KemiBadenoch as she chucks her hat into the Conservative leadership ring. So here’s a thread… 2. If elected, @KemiBadenoch would be the fourth Conservative woman leader (Labour has yet to have one) and the first black leader of any major British political party (ditto).

Since the Conservative leadership election is now under way, it may be worth a thread on the Party’s future - recognising that the odds are against its return to government any time soon. So here goes.. 2) There are two key questions. WHAT should the Conservatives try to do. And HOW should they do it? Let’s start with the first question...

The new Conservative Parliamentary Party. A thread. It’s been suggested that the balance has tilted against Tory MPs from left of party centre. Is it true? Let’s have a look… 2. First, there’s an issue of definitions. What does Tory left and right mean, anyway? What if you’re right on culture and left on economics? Or vice-versa? Or small l liberal on everything?

1) Conservatives in Canada after 1993. It’s well known that in that year the Progressive Conservatives won only two seats in the federal election. What’s not always so well known is what followed. A thread… 2) The PCs were a very long way down indeed - but not out. In the federal election of 1997 they crawled their way back to 20 seats…

+ @Jacob_Rees_Mogg is on feisty form in today's @ConHome Moggcast. He's got something to say on taking a knee, the Northern Ireland Protocol and "second rate" Oxford dons. But the most striking bit is about Covid and risk - so here's a thread. Moggcast Quote 1) "Ultimately, the NHS is there to serve the British people, not the British people there to serve the NHS, and therefore we may need to spend more money on hospitals but...