The (mostly) men who will pick Britain’s next prime minister
The Conservatives’ 124,000 members will choose a leader from a shortlist of two
IF THE Church of England is the Tory Party at prayer, garden parties are where it lets its hair down. Several dozen members pootle about the grounds of a country manor in the village of Ide Hill, in Kent, nibbling salmon canapés and admiring the moat. “Have you been to see my fruit cage?” the owner asks a guest. Others buy tickets for the raffle, hoping to nab biscuits from the Chelsea flower show or a box of after-dinner mints donated by their MP. “Live in Kent”, reads an old railway poster hanging in the pool house, “and be content.”
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Ide Hill minds”
Britain June 1st 2019
- Britons are ever more polarised between no-deal and a second referendum
- Can the Brexit Party gain a foothold in Westminster?
- A long-awaited report proposes overhauling higher education
- The (mostly) men who will pick Britain’s next prime minister
- British planners are sending cars into towns
- The travails of a town trying to tempt traffic
- Jeremy Corbyn is increasingly isolated in his own party
From the June 1st 2019 edition
Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents
Explore the editionMore from Britain
Britain’s family courts are opening up to reporters
Transparency and privacy can work together
Has the Royal Navy become too timid?
A new paper examines how its culture has changed
A plan to reorganise local government in England runs into opposition
Turkeys vote against Christmas
David Lammy’s plan to shake up Britain’s Foreign Office
Diplomats will be tasked with growing the economy and cutting migration
Britain’s government has spooked markets and riled businesses
Tax rises were inevitable. Such a shaky start was not
Labour’s credibility trap
Who can believe Rachel Reeves?