This month’s result was the worst ever election defeat for the Conservative Party. Who could have honestly believed back in December 2019, after our comprehensive victory over Corbyn, that at the next election we would be reduced to 121 seats? writes Tom Hunt.
Still, the reality is that it could have been worse. In some respects it almost feels that we’ve been given a bit of a stay of execution from many of our voters.
Despite the magnitude of our loss, the volatile political age in which we live means that if we learn the right lessons from this historic defeat, and elect the right leader who develops the right strategy, there is every chance we can not just be competitive at the next election but potentially win it.
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Tom was the Conservative MP for Ipswich from December 2019 up to the election a few weeks ago.
