He was talking about the Prime Minister. But is he right? Has the Conservative Party given up?

Sir Keir wasn’t the only person to draw that conclusion this week.

She is not standing again because of what she has described as a lack of support from the central Conservative Party. The lack of support for her campaign in Telford was evidence of “giving up,” she said.

Just consider that for a moment. Her majority at the last general election was 10,941. So if she is right, then the Tory masterminds in London are writing