Sir Robert Buckland today launched an extraordinary attack on his Conservative colleagues, saying they will now be 'like a group of bald men arguing over a comb'.
It comes as competing Tory factions began a battle over the diminished party's future and Rishi Sunak shouldered the burden for a 'sobering verdict' at the election. But following huge losses for the Tories, several top Cabinet ministers have lost their seats - meaning Penny Mordaunt and other possible runners have been knocked out of the race before it even started.James Cleverly, who served as Home Secretary, has yet to declare his intentions and told Sky News in the aftermath of his re-election as an MP: 'What might happen in the future I'll leave that for the near future.
Ms Badenoch was born in Wimbledon and grew up in Nigeria and the US, returning to the UK at the age of 16. She has a master of engineering as well as a bachelor of laws and has worked at private bank Coutts and The Spectator. Dame Priti was a leading figure in the Vote Leave campaign, and as home secretary she launched a points-based immigration system, signed the agreement with Rwanda to send asylum seekers to the country and sealed returns deals with Albania and Serbia.Suella Braverman declared two days before election day that the fight for a Conservative electoral victory is over.Ms Braverman, a barrister by trade, has a track record of controversial op-eds.
The MP for Newark resigned as a minister last December as he claimed the then draft legislation designed to revive the Rwanda deportation policy did 'not go far enough'. After surviving a scare to secure his seat in the Commons, Mr Hunt said: 'Some Conservatives will wonder whether the scale of our crushing defeat was really justified.
Sir Robert's mention of 'op-eds' was likely referring to former home secretary Suella Braverman's criticism of Mr Sunak's election strategy in an article for the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday – two days before voters went to the polls. Sir Robert also said: 'It is spectacularly unprofessional and ill disciplined and that's not the Conservative Party I joined or have been an active member of for nearly 40 years.
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