OPINION - The Tory leadership contenders must face the facts: the world has changed

When an asteroid hits your house, it’s a you’re going to need more than a vacuum cleaner, a feather duster and some air freshener. That is roughly the situation the Tories face now after the election. Yet the party’s leadership contest — officially under way, with Robert Jenrick, Tom Tugendhat, Priti Patel, James Cleverly, Mel Stride and Kemi Badenoch in the running — has so far been almost entirely a festival of banality and platitude.