David Gauke: Getting the blame game wrong – you purge if you want to but it’s lazy who they are purging

Look at the drivers of the decline of the Conservatives’ popularity: there was always likely to be a moment when Johnson’s lack of integrity was likely to cause a political crisis; there was always likely to be a moment when Liz Truss’s recklessness was likely to cause an economic crisis. The party’s liberal wing was not to blame.