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Ex-Cabinet minister Grant Shapps is reportedly eyeing a shock comeback to the House of Commons after leading a review of the Tories’ general election disaster.
The former defence secretary and Lord Kempsell, a close ally of Boris Johnson, have penned a report on the Conservatives‘ worst-ever election result titled ‘What went wrong?’.
The pair, who have formed a ‘Conservatives Together’ group in the wake of the devastating defeat, are due to appear together at a fringe event at the Tory conference in Birmingham this week.
According to The Times, their report has savaged Rishi Sunak‘s decision to hold the general election on 4 July – earlier than most people expected – concluding that it was made ‘without understanding, consultation, warning or sufficient preparation’.
It has also called on the Tories to copy the claimed Liberal Democratstrategy of targeting voters in any constituency with a branch …