Earlier this month, Nick Timothy, former chief of staff at 10 Downing Street during Theresa May’s premiership – surveying the detritus of law-breaking by lawmakers, parliamentary sleaze, cash for honours and the possible misleading of parliament – called for moral renewal in our nation and among our elected representatives.
This is a highly laudable call, but how is such renewal to come about and what might be its features? At this time of a leadership contest in the Conservative Party, brought about, at least in part, by failures in moral leadership, these are the questions to ask ourselves and those seeking to lead.
