Loyalty has long been the Tories’ secret weapon. Without it, Sunak stands no chance | Simon Jenkins

As rebel rightwing Tories jockeyed for position this week, they tore up any remaining hopes of a Conservative election victory

I once pondered a career in politics but an elder statesman strongly advised me against it. I asked why. Because, he said, you are too interested in politics. Stick to journalism. A political career was not about politics, but about loyalty.

Never a truer word was spoken. As the tottering frame of Britain’s Tory party heads for collapse at the end of this parliament, it is...