Lights! Camera! Faction! Inside the warring Tory tribes

“Tendencies mean that the party is more easily managed, factions make it much harder to manage, and they make governing much harder as well.”

“There’s a lot of groups that got going under Thatcher, mostly to protect her legacy.

“I think if you're a leader a faction can be a real springboard for you into the leadership but you can also become a prisoner to that faction.”

“There’s a degree to which belonging to a faction can give you some legitimacy when you’re speaking, it can amplify your voice.”