Sunak's Conservatives face years of oblivion. Changing leader will solve nothing | Martin Kettle

Sunak's Conservatives face years of oblivion. Changing leader will solve nothing | Martin Kettle

Incredible though it may seem, it is increasingly likely that Rishi Sunak’s Conservative leadership will be challenged in June. To many, the idea that choosing a fifth Tory prime minister in as many years might be the solution to internal party turmoil, or that ditching Sunak a few months before a general election would reanimate the electorate, will feel utterly delusional. To a significant group of Conservative MPs and activists, however, it is a primrose path that beckons irresistibly. These …