Taking one for the team: Tory chair Oliver Dowden resigns after humiliated Conservatives are crushed in two by-elections

Following the news the Conservative Party lost two by-elections overnight, Oliver Dowden just resigned as Tory chairman, writing in a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson that “someone must take responsibility”. In Tiverton and Honiton the Liberal Democrats overturned a 24,000 Tory majority to win, while Labour reclaimed Wakefield. The contests, triggered by the resignation [...]