Michael Gove and Ruth Davidson team up to back new Tory thinktank

Leading Conservatives supporting Onward say party will ‘be finished for a generation’ without new ideas Michael Gove and Ruth Davidson have come together to back a new Tory thinktank with a warning that, without fresh ideas and a broader appeal, the party will be “be finished for at least a generation”.Gove, the environment secretary, who has long been one of the party’s most influential thinkers, said: “The Conservative party is at its best when it appeals be