Tory pleading
SIR – There are daily entreaties to discontented Conservatives to put their grievances aside and vote Tory next week.
Why? Given that the party will be drastically reduced in any case, the only way to make the remaining MPs understand how many voters they have disappointed is to vote for Reform UK.
As Lord Frost says (Comment, June 28), the Conservative Party will have to start reinventing itself on July 5. But if it fails to truly grasp why it has alienated people, it will be history.
Rupert Godfrey
Heytesbury, Wiltshire
SIR – Millions of voters may still be undecided over which party to support. I do not blame them, but they should bear in mind that the government we end up with will not just be with us for the summer. It will be with us for five whole years.
Labour’s scarier policies are starting to spill out, spoiling the party’s attempt to seem boring but sensible. Sadly, under our present system, votes for Reform may simply mean that a Labour MP gets elected instead of a Tory. And if you find, after a few months, that you are dissatisfied with a Labour government, you won’t simply be able to get rid of it.
Dan Hartley
Solihull
SIR – Nigel Theyer (Letters, June 28) cites Lord Salisbury’s attributed remarks against change as justification for supporting Rishi Sunak.
However, Albert Einstein observed that doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the definition of insanity.
David Miller
Chigwell, Essex
SIR – The likely rout of the Conservatives next Thursday can be traced back to MPs’ decision to get rid of a leader who had a mandate from the electorate.
After that, they curtailed the leadership bid of their constituency associations’ preferred candidate – then ditched the eventual winner and replaced her without the counsel of party members.
If they had not muscled Penny Mordaunt out of contention, Tory MPs might still have some job security.
Dr Andy Ashworth
Bo’ness, West Lothian
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