Andy Street: The Alternative Conservative

Andy Street: The Alternative Conservative

Then West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street, in 2021. Photo: Steve Parsons/PA Images/AlamyAs the boss of John Lewis for the best part of a decade, Andy Street has stacks of real-life business experience; he also knows his way around Westminster and Whitehall, having served two terms as elected Mayor of the West Midlands. He is, in other words, the kind of politician who would seem a natural fit for the House of Lords, but given that his centrist brand…