Leadership in politics should always be about the individual’s convictions and a will to serve the country

… Not about loyalty to an individual

Unfortunately, we are in troubling times, which tests democracy to its core

was Rishi Sunak disloyal to Boris Johnson? Simple answer is YES.

was Sunak’s disloyalty to Johnson due to Sunak’s decision to be loyal to the country instead? Only Sunak can answer that question

In my humble opinion, Boris was the architect of his own downfall. However, it may also be down to too much wheeling & dealing, leading to a situation where he becomes so beholden to his mates that when they err, he cannot bring himself to deal with them. Anyone thinking partygate was what brought Johnson down has it all wrong. Yes, partygate was damaging, but majority in the country were willing to accept that it was not a sackable offence, but in combination with his attempts to change rules in order to hand his buddies a free pass when they were caught misbehaving….

But had Boris not tried to strong-arm Sajid Javid the then Chancellor, leading to Javid’s resignation, Rishi Sunak, would have remained a junior minister in the shadow of Javid for several years to come. But it was Boris, who after dispensing with Javid, promoted Rishi to the lofty height of Chancellor. The rest as they say, is history

Between them all, they’ve done irreparable damage to the country (with the division of Brexit and the rise and rise of intolerance, to such heights that we thought we left behind in the 80s and years before that) and to the Conservative Party. They could all have supported Theresa May and she could also have tried to be less forceful. Instead, they schemed and schemed, plotted and plotted, and now, we have a musical chairs scenario and our reputation as a sensible, financially stable country is left in tatters!
From David Cameron who should have not looked down on the people asking for Brexit and simply gave them the facts, to the people who exploited Brexit to their own ends even though they knew it was never going to be readily implementable, to the schemers who could have helped Theresa May instead of ousting her, to the cluelessness on the last 3 months; I do not see what Sunak can do to avoid being forced to call a General Election by the end of March 2023, which will result in the Conservative Party becoming the 3rd party in the UK, behind Labour and the Lib Dems. The die is cast. The people have had enough and will have their say.

To rebuild, the Conservative Party will need to start from scratch and it will need to be about loyalty to the country and its people, over loyalty to a Party Leader or any other individual.