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Tory civil war erupts over Braverman rant
Former home secretary Suella Braverman gives a speech at Fareham Leisure Centre in Fareham, Hampshire, after her victory in the Fareham and Waterlooville constituency in the 2024 General Election, July 5, 2024

BLUE-on-blue political warfare erupted today as Tory leadership hopefuls engaged in “righter-than-thou” posturing.

The right-wing former immigration minister Robert Jenrick was derided as being on “the left of the party” by the even more extreme Suella Braverman, the former home secretary sacked after clashing with the police over the banning of pro-Palestine marches.

And the hapless Rishi Sunak was urged to expel Ms Braverman from the Tory Party after she attacked the flying of the Progress variant on the Pride flag as “monstrous.”

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