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Ken Clarke becomes latest Conservative to back Keir Starmer for PM

Earlier this week a former Conservative minister sensationally quit the party after losing faith in its “cavalier” and “self-obsessed” ways.

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2023-01-13 08:47
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Ken Clarke has become the latest Conservative to throw his weight behind Sir Keir Starmer at the next election.

Speaking to Andrew Marr on LBC, the Tory grandee said the electorate is looking for a “competent, successful government that can demonstrate that it really can tackle problems seriously and produce an improvement.”

He said a Labour government would give his party time to have a “rest” after more than a decade in power.

Asked if the Tories could depose prime minister Rishi Sunak if the local elections go poorly, Lord Clarke said that would further damage the party after a “farcical” 2022.

He said: “Well, we’re going to start looking comic… farcical as well as incompetent.

“And particularly if we do so with a silly argument about can we have somebody who will cut taxes to cheer up the more prosperous middle classes.”

But Lord Clarke added: “After 2022, I’m not going to say anything couldn’t happen. The events became farcical. They did. And unbelievable in 2022.”

Earlier this week a former Conservative minister sensationally quit the party after losing faith in its “cavalier” and “self-obsessed” ways.

Claire Perry O’Neill, who was in Theresa May’s Cabinet, backed Sir Keir to lead Britain in a “sober, competent” fashion following years of Tory neglect.

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