Buxton Tories speak their minds about MPs who want to reverse the order and be PM

'Father, husband, solider, MP...' and aspiring PM Tom Tugendhat. This is the picture on his Twitter profile

I was reminded of how London-centred the British media is when the BBC’s weekend roundup of the national political sweepstakes on Boris Johnson’s likely replacement at Number 10 contained little mention of Tom Tugendhat.

The backbench Tory MP is chair of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee. He is also a former army officer, has never held a government position and is making rather a virtue of both things.

Mr Tugendhat has been trumpeting his lack of government experience as proof of his being somehow unsullied and his stint in the army as evidence of his manly courage and ability to command.

All of which seems to be going down rather well with the Tory grassroots.

Consider Buxton, a lovely if slightly somnolent town in Derbyshire, with Cheshire to its west and Staffordshire to the south.

On July 9, Buxton had the joy of listening to a conversation between former Conservative c…