Seems to me that the Tories are two parties, not one. Having made the general election a single issue platform, none of the divisions really surfaced at the time but they are creeping in now.
On the one hand we have one group on the right of the party who seem to want to use Brexit to introduce a Thatcher Mk2 era - they are against "levelling up", increasing NI to pay for social care and pretty much any major public spending programmes.
The other lot seem to want more, not less public spending in order to prop up the red wall seats they recently gained.
This may come to a head when Gove's "Levelling Up White Paper" comes out as it will in essence formulate the Tories' Brexit policy road map.
If the paper is a robust commitment to serious investment, the right of the party will be marginalised and it will help to shore up the Tories position able to retain the new seats they won throughout England (although that won't go down well in their middle England heartland) - but if it's waffle it will open the door for a Labour party that is moving back towards the middle ground and is eyeing up the seats they lost.
The Get Brexit Done election threw a veil over Tory in-fighting but when Gove's paper is released it may be exposed again - and it makes the selection of a potential replacement for Boris more interesting as both groups will want their man or woman in the job.
On the one hand we have one group on the right of the party who seem to want to use Brexit to introduce a Thatcher Mk2 era - they are against "levelling up", increasing NI to pay for social care and pretty much any major public spending programmes.
The other lot seem to want more, not less public spending in order to prop up the red wall seats they recently gained.
This may come to a head when Gove's "Levelling Up White Paper" comes out as it will in essence formulate the Tories' Brexit policy road map.
If the paper is a robust commitment to serious investment, the right of the party will be marginalised and it will help to shore up the Tories position able to retain the new seats they won throughout England (although that won't go down well in their middle England heartland) - but if it's waffle it will open the door for a Labour party that is moving back towards the middle ground and is eyeing up the seats they lost.
The Get Brexit Done election threw a veil over Tory in-fighting but when Gove's paper is released it may be exposed again - and it makes the selection of a potential replacement for Boris more interesting as both groups will want their man or woman in the job.