Conservative Party a ‘rudderless mess’ and there’s bad blood between its fund and national council, say some Conservatives

The 'huge overstep by the Conservative Fund’ to fire executive director Dustin van Vugt has created ‘bad blood’ between the party's national council and the fund, says Yaroslav Baran, a former senior Conservative Hill staffer.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured on Dec. 4, 2019, about a week before he announced he was resigning as party leader will have an uphill battle to bring back order and to hold the government to account in the coming months before the party elects a new leader, say some Conservatives.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

January 27, 2020

Some senior Conservatives are describing the party’s internal political climate as “chaotic” and a “rudderless mess,” and predict the return of Parliament this week will be a major challenge for the Tories. The divisive leadership contest is on, there’s "bad blood" between the all-power...

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