What is Liz Truss’s band of ‘Popular Conservatives’ really hoping to achieve?

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Truss at the launch of Popular Conservatism, also attended by Jacob Rees-Mogg (PA)

Recently we saw the PopCon launch. Despite a few hard-hitting speeches, there were more questions about who wasn’t there, than who was there.

Hence no Simon Clarke, no Kwasi Kwarteng, and no Ranil Jayawardena. But at least former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage was there. You really couldn’t make it up.

Yet what raised my suspicions more was the fundraising efforts made at the event. What could they be raising the money for, one wonders? Surely not to fund another plot – or even another leadership contest?

Geoffrey Brooking

Havant

Carry on Liz

Liz Truss may have already distorted the Conservative Party single-handedly, but she has now tossed another hand grenade into the pot with her outlandish formation of the so-called “Popular Conservatism” faction.

No wonder the Labour Party is rubbing their hands in astonished appreciation for the assistance Truss is providing them with. The people of the UK have suffered over the last 14 years with hardship and heartache, and all the Tory Party has to offer is self-righteous egos and infighting that beggars belief.

Paul Atkins

Burntwood

A broken marriage

Listening to Rishi Sunak’s plethora of pointless pledges, promises and plans, you could be forgiven for thinking the Tories hadn’t been in power for the last 14 years (or 31 out of the last 44). You could be excused if you got the impression that the mess the country is in, is to do with some mysterious outside force beyond their control.

The latest offerings – from improved dental provisions to promises to shore up the crumbling (literal and psychological) state school sector – have the tone of a husband who’s been told the marriage is over and then rushes out to the local petrol station and hurries home with wilted, battered, week-old kiosk flowers…

Amanda Baker

Edinburgh

Will I live to see our country fit again?

When the general election comes at last, at the top of my mind will be the wreck that our country has become; the NHS, public infrastructure, decimated local government services, the neglect of our armed services and more.

I’m currently a member of the Labour Party, but I won’t be voting for them. I’ll vote tactically for whoever has the best shot against the Conservative candidate in my constituency. Then, I’ll be looking to support whoever has the talent and personality to oust Keir Starmer and give us a glimmer of hope so that we can repair our wrecked country.

I’m 77. Will I survive to see our country fit to live in again?

Philip Probert

Colwall