The Republicans’ post-defeat plan is much more sinister than Dr Seuss

As the GOP seeks a direction amid Trump-driven discord, efforts at voter restriction are going into overdrive, says Phil Thomas

Pro-Trump supporters demand voting stops during last year’s election (Getty)

Margaret Thatcher had won three landslide elections for Britain’s Conservative party by the time she began to look like an electoral liability – and was promptly thrown overboard by her closest colleagues.

During the long years of opposition during Tony Blair’s premiership, the Tories tried out various contenders – William Hague, Iain Duncan Smith, Michael Howard – before chucking them out like yesterday’s garbage when they failed to make the grade.

The Conservatives are pretty ruthless when it comes to their leaders. Even in the past decade of power, they have got through three (so far) prime ministers. (Watch out, Boris.)