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Squabbling Tories swap insults over electoral disaster
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking at the Society of Editors' 25th anniversary conference, at Leonardo Royal, London St Paul's hotel, April 30, 2024

SQUABBLING Tories exchanged insults today as the party stared down the barrel of electoral disaster.

The Conservative right continued to urge a full-fat Tory programme on dithering premier Rishi Sunak, believing that the road to salvation lies in adopting as much of the Reform party’s agenda as possible.

Champion of cultural conservatism Miriam Cates MP claimed that the party was too diverse to deliver true Tory policies.

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