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Rishi Sunak prepares for last stand to save Tories — and himself

The prime minister is attempting to shift the dial with a series of eye-catching manifesto proposals, but the Tories remain at their lowest level of support since Liz Truss

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In times of crisis, Tory grandees cannot resist reaching for martial metaphors.

Sir Geoffrey Cox urged colleagues to take inspiration from the Battle of Rorke’s Drift in 1879, when 150 British and colonial soldiers saw off thousands of Zulu warriors. “We have to remain steady,” he said. “We have to invoke our Rorke’s Drift mentality.”

The former defence secretary Ben Wallace added that his colleagues had no choice but to “march towards the sound of the guns”.

Not all Tory MPs agree. “It’s all right for Ben [Wallace] because he’s standing down,” one former minister said. “But we don’t want to march ­towards the guns because we will all get shot.”

While the Tory psychodrama calmed this week, there is still significant ­concern among backbenchers

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