This man has quit Badenoch’s increasingly hard-right Tory party – others should be brave enough to do the same — Polly Toynbee

The London Assembly’s Andrew Boff is one of many who reject Kemi Badenoch’s authoritarian position. They are the only chance for the party’s future The chair of the London Assembly, Andrew Boff, resigned this week from the Conservative party after 53 years of membership. He quit after being blocked from entering the race to be Tory candidate for London mayor because he supports the European convention on human rights (ECHR), putting him at odds with Kemi Badenoch’s hardline position. Messages of support for one of the capital’s longest-serving Conservative politicians quickly poured in from fellow Tories.