The Conservative Party, fresh from its worst defeat in a century, gathered in Birmingham to choose its sixth leader in eight years.Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The pointless battle for the Tory crown – POLITICO

by · POLITICO

Tanya Gold is a freelance journalist.

BIRMINGHAM, U.K. — At least it wasn’t boring.

The Conservative Party, fresh from its worst defeat in a century, gathered in Birmingham to choose its sixth leader in eight years: blind men fighting for spectacles.