Whatever the change, all Tories want it to be harder and faster. That is not something the Prime Minister can deliver in a coalition.Tory MPs know that repetitive disloyalty and conspicuous party division hasten electoral defeat. Yet they cannot line up obediently behind David Cameron. The refusal by more than half of them to accept the Prime Minister’s moral lead on gay marriage cannot be explained away by his granting of a free vote in parliament. It expresses a more profound reluctance to be led. It follows that some Conservatives either do not care if they lose the next election or ... Read More