The 4 remaining Conservative Leadership contenders, (L- R) Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly, Kemi Badenoch, Tom Tugendhat.
Maybe the Conservatives don’t really need a new leader, after all.
Remarkably, the party has actually gained seven local council seats in the past five weeks after suffering a landslide general election defeat less than three months ago.
That is despite the fact that, for all intents and purposes, the Tories are effectively leaderless at the moment.
Rishi Sunak is still nominally in charge.