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The problem with the Tory party? It is now conservative in name only | Simon Heffer

The thrashing the Tories took in Thursday’s elections - losing over 1200 seats, and taking a particular pasting in the south of England - is readily attributed to the Government’s atrocious handling of Brexit.

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