One thing unites Tories in affluent Beaconsfield: moving on from Johnson

Brexit is not the dividing line it was, but members spooked by the byelection loss nearby have divergent visions of the party's future

On a sun-drenched common, supporters of Tory leadership candidate Penny Mordaunt, Andrew Wood and Jaspal Chhokar periodically pause as yet another truck from the HS2 rail project rumbles through a constituency that is home to one of Britain's largest local Conservative parties.

While the scheme weighed heavily in the Tories' byelection loss in neighbouring Chesham and Amersham - raising questions about the party's so-called blue wall in southern England - the din is also a reminder here in Beaconsfield of the cocktail of factors that fuelled Boris Johnson's downfall.