If the Tories lose the final election after which lurch to the Right it will merely consign the Conservative Party to an extended spell in opposition, a senior MP has warned.
Sir Bob Neill, the Tory chairman of the Justice Select Committee, insisted the end result of the election is not but achieved and dusted however he issued a warning within the occasion the Conservatives do sink to defeat.
He informed Times Radio: “If it [the Conservative Party] lurched to the Right, we might find yourself being in opposition for longer. It’s so simple as that.
“You’ve solely acquired to take a look at historical past. We did the identical factor after 1997 and we wasted years going round in ideological circles earlier than really actuality dawned and Michael Howard steadied the ship and David Cameron got here by means of and we grew to become electable once more.
“We managed to toxify ourselves and it took a very long time to detoxify ourselves. I feel frequent sense would say don’t try this once more as a result of Keir Starmer, a superbly cheap man on a private stage, is not Tony Blair.
“A Labour authorities, if it had been to return in, will be eminently beatable by a smart, refreshed, centrist, pragmatic Conservative Party.”
