Tortoise challenges Tory race

Slow news organisation wants judges to review election process

The news organisation Tortoise Media is planning to bring a legal challenge against the Conservative Party over the way in which it is choosing the next prime minister.

James Harding, editor and co-founder of Tortoise, sent what’s called a pre-action protocol letter yesterday to Darren Mott OBE, the party’s chief chief executive. The letter is headed “pr…