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Tories At War.
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The access secured by filmmaker Patrick Forbes in this compelling documentary is breathtaking
After an hour of Tories at War (Channel 4), I felt I had to get out into the fresh air and go for a walk. The foul language; the visceral hatred; the unbearable tensions; the violence being inflicted on ancient institutions and this poor old knackered country by the Tories, as if with chainsaws and zombie knives – it was like watching my first Saw movie.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, leader of the ERG, responding to yet another Commons calamity for Theresa May, mumbled something about “‘it’ doesn’t always mean what ‘it’ means”, like a pin-striped Bill Clinton talking about oral sex.
The insults were quite lively, too. Remember that these are, or were, people supposed to be in the same political movement. Anna Soubry, who really did seem to be losing it a bit, warned us Boris Johnson is “the great charlatan”, which is unarguable. Alan Duncan, the dapper Foreign Office minister once described as a “bonsai Michael Heseltine”, did a passable and contemptuous impression of Rees-Mogg’s plummy accent, and wrote off Priti Patel as “a complete and utter disgrace” and “the worst international development secretary we have ever had”.
Nicky Morgan even managed to self-parody herself when she abandoned all previous principles and positions, and chucked her lot in with Boris and no deal: “I am intensely pragmatic”. Yes, Nicky, that’s one way of describing monumental self-betrayal.
Andrew Bridgen, a Hobbit-like Eurosceptic who made his money out of potatoes, is apparently known to colleagues as “Spud-U-Hate”. He is perfectly open about plotting with Nigel Farage for some sort of electoral pact over drinks in some bar called Lou Lou’s. Just in case you were wondering where Britain’s economic future is being charted.
Alan Duncan sums up the documentary, and the state of the Conservatives thus: “The sadness is you are mapping the day-to-day slow death of the most successful political party in democratic history.” Sad, yes, and horrific, but utterly, gut-wrenchingly compelling.
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/tories-at-war-review-channel-4-boris-johnson-theresa-may-jacob-rees-mogg-brexit-nigel-farage-a9114796.html
Review
by Jack Seale
Patrick Forbes, author of Brexit: a Very British Coup, directs this festival of “blue on blue” mud-slinging, asking whether the fallout from the EU referendum has destroyed the Conservative Party as we know it. Stuffed with insider insights, it begins at the start of this year with Theresa May’s failure to win a parliamentary vote on her withdrawal agreement, and ends with Boris Johnson’s failure to win a vote on anything.
Among the big beasts interviewed are Jacob Rees-Mogg and Andrew Bridgen representing arch-Brexiteers, while Nicholas Soames and Anna Soubry reflect on being former diehard Tories who now no longer bear the label. Also appearing is Nicky Morgan, although which side she argues for will depend on exactly when she was interviewed.
Summary
Documentary filmed over the last nine months, telling the inside story of the bitter hatreds that mark the Conservative Party's struggle over the defining issue of the day - Brexit. Featuring access to Cabinet ministers, Brexiteers and Remainer rebels, including Jacob Rees-Mogg, Sir Nicholas Soames, Anna Soubry, Sir Alan Duncan, Andrew Bridgen and Nicky Morgan, the programme starts in January as Prime Minister Theresa May battles to sell her hard withdrawal agreement to an increasingly sceptical House of Commons.
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/jn4h5g/tories-at-war/