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Lidington begs Tories to come together

CABINET Office Minister David Lidington made a desperate plea yesterday for his warring fellow Conservatives to “come together” after a week of infighting.

He used a Sunday morning television interview to rally the Tory troops with a message of unity and common purpose, saying the party must “come together … and look at what the bigger picture is showing.

“The bigger picture that we are still neck and neck with the Labour Party in the polls,” he said.

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