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Fewer Tories 'than hippos'

TORY Party membership has slumped to such lows that it’s now outnumbered by hippos, chimps and beluga whales, Labour revealed yesterday.

Speaking in Tory-free Manchester, shadow cabinet office minister Michael Dugher said the nasty party now has just 134,000 members.

And he pointed out the figure puts Tories among the world’s most endangered species.

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