Have the Tories learned nothing about compassion? | Matthew d’Ancona

The response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy represents a far more serious challenge to the party than the election resultPhilip Hammond’s television appearances on Sunday reminded me of Nigel Lawson’s deadly critique of Margaret Thatcher in a landmark interview with Brian Walden in 1989. The difference is that this chancellor is still in post. But his stiletto blade was no less sharp.Theresa May’s supporters had feared that Hammond would subvert the prime minister’s positi