The Liberal Democrats have ousted former Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith in the Richmond Park by-election, overturning a majority of over 23,000.
David Cameron has come under fire for showing his true colours in telling Jeremy Corbyn to “do up his tie” rather than discuss issues relating to the ongoing junior doctors crisis and the devastating local impact of welfare cuts.
In an explosive new book, former Conservative Party treasurer Lord Ashcroft alleges that David Cameron smoked drugs and took part in a debauched initiation ceremony for a notorious Oxford society, but Number 10 says it ‘does not recognise’ the claims.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson used his speech at the Tory Party conference to poke fun at the recent Conservative defectors to UKIP, describing them as ‘vacuum cleaner abusers’.
The Conservatives have been accused of attempting to remove ten years of speeches, press releases, and party announcements from 2000-2010, a period from when the party were reorganising to try and win back power from Labour.