The Conservative infighting has already started as Tory big beasts position themselves for a leadership election.
In the first Shadow Cabinet meeting as official opposition, Kemi Badenoch criticised Rishi Sunak for calling a snap election, claiming it might have been “unconstitutional”. The former Business and Trade Secretary, who is seen as one of the frontrunners to replace Sunak, reportedly called his decision to leave D-Day commemorations early “disastrous” and said colleagues including Penny Mordaunt would have kept their seats if he had stayed longer in France.
Her predecessor James Cleverly called for calm, and said his party needed to “get our act together” ahead of the leadership contest. He said the Tories need to conduct a “sensible post mortem on what went wrong and finding the right path forwards”. Mr Cleverly told colleagues: “As we do this we must remember two vital things. Firstly, it cannot descend into bitter infighting and finger pointing. That is exactly how we ended up here.
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