We need a new Tory leader with integrity, decency – and a real commitment to levelling up

Closing the economic gap in the UK has to be the key agenda for whoever succeeds Boris Johnson

The Johnsonian era is over. Whatever his faults, Boris Johnson broke the Brexit deadlock, stopped a hard-left Labour party from gaining power and navigated our country through one of its most difficult times in living memory.

But the world of 2022 is very different from the world of 2019 - and the new leader of the Conservative party has to reflect this.