Only roughly 120 of the 251 Conservative MPs who were invited to the Carlton Club, the party’s holy of holies, accepted their invitation after losing their seats in the election.
They had come to lament the passing of once-promising political careers and to hear the former prime minister offer an apology for the party’s disastrous election result.
Many of the attendees—some of whom were defending majorities of 20,000—were beaten because Reform UK received 6,000, 7,000, or 8,000 votes, which gave Labour the win.
Both regrets and accusations were exchanged. There was an air of doom. Additionally, a few of the ex-MPs in attendance asserted that the low attendance at the reception was a reflection of their displeasure with Mr.
Out of the 251 Conservative MPs invited to the party’s holy of holies, the Carlton Club, only about 120 accepted the invitation after losing electoral seats.
They had come to hear the former prime minister apologize for the party’s catastrophic election performance and lament the death of once-promising political careers.
Several of the participants, some of whom were defending twenty thousand-vote majorities, were defeated because Reform UK managed to garner six, seven, or eight thousand votes, giving Labour the victory.
Remorse and accusations were traded. It felt like the end was near. Moreover, some of the former MPs present claimed that their discontent with Mr. was reflected in the low turnout for the event.
