{"id":34,"date":"2022-10-25T13:28:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T13:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/2022\/10\/25\/is-the-conservative-party-ready-to-unite-behind-rishi-sunak\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T13:28:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T13:28:57","slug":"is-the-conservative-party-ready-to-unite-behind-rishi-sunak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/is-the-conservative-party-ready-to-unite-behind-rishi-sunak\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Conservative Party ready to unite behind Rishi Sunak?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Is the Conservative Party ready to unite behind Rishi Sunak?<\/a><\/p>\n
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By Ione Wells<\/div>\n
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Rishi Sunak used his first public speech since becoming the new Conservative leader to promise to bring the party and country together. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Some members of the public may well ask why the former is important. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Why has so much parliamentary time been dedicated to Tory infighting, at a time when people are struggling with the cost of living? <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Part of the problem, as Liz Truss found out the hard way, is it’s very hard to govern effectively and pass policies if your party won’t necessarily back you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The question is: can Mr Sunak turn that around?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Initial moment of unity <\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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On Monday afternoon, Conservative MPs and journalists were crammed into the ornate room of Parliament where the chair of the committee that runs Tory leadership contests – Sir Graham Brady – was about to announce who had been nominated as party leader. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The room was full of chatter, and then suddenly fell silent. The news rippled around the room that Penny Mordaunt had conceded – news many Sunak backers passed around on their phones with glee. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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