Don’t lead us to disaster, moderate Tories warn frontrunner Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson is party favourite at 7/4 in the Conservative leadership race. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PAConservative leadership contenders will shepherd the party to disaster if they adopt the “comfort blanket of populism” in response to Nigel Farage, scores of Tory MPs will warn this week.Eight cabinet ministers are among a group of 60 modernising MPs who will call on contenders for the leadership to “reject narrow nationalism” in their quest to replace Theresa May. The