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Everything we know about the psychology of defeat tells us that the Tories will retreat into recrimination and magical thinking if they lose the election – paving the way for the party’s fringe to make hay while the sun sets on orthodoxy
Prof Sir John Curtice on what the polls tell us about the race to succeed Nicola Sturgeon.
The end is nigh when Conservative stalwarts put a vision of a free-market new Jerusalem above winning elections, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
A leafy corner of the staunchly Labour district has become a hotbed of rightwing Tories backing Liz Truss for Conservative leader
Analysis: Research indicates party members are over 60, male and white, yet do not like the same candidates