‘No deal is better than a bad deal’ isn’t just a slogan, it means something,” Timothy said. Speaking to the Daily Telegraph in his first interview since the Conservatives lost their majority, Timothy partially accepted responsibility for the failures of the campaign, saying they underestimated the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. A number of Tory MPs called for him and Fiona Hill, the other co-chief of staff, to go after the election, accusing them of controlling behaviour. Katie Perrior, May’s former communications chief, branded the pair “rude, abusive and childish” and there were reports of rows with Philip Hammond, the chancellor. “And we didn’t do those things because the advice was about playing to strengths, and to be perfectly honest I didn’t really challenge that.

Source: The Guardian August 04, 2017 22:33 UTC