‘Opposition mindset’: Tory MPs slope home after chaotic conference

Conservative disharmony shows no sign of abating as cabinet ministers fight over further potential U-turns

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Liz Truss's mission when she arrived at Conservative conference on Sunday with a party on the brink of mutiny was, as one source put it, getting us out of the ditch and back on the road".

But as MPs sloped home just four days later, the sound of two screeching U-turns was ringing in their ears and cabinet ministers fought furiously over further potential ones amid accusations of a coup.