Badenoch is trying to match Farage step for step – but it’s a dance of death for the Tories | Polly Toynbee
At conference here in Birmingham I found a small battalion of centrist remainers with a vision for the Conservative party to come You can walk all the way…
According to The Guardian, at conference here in Birmingham I found a small battalion of centrist remainers with a vision for the Conservative party to come You can walk all the way from Somerset to Sussex without crossing a Tory-run constituency, if you wish.
You could also travel through each of the counties of Wiltshire, Hampshire, Dorset and Surrey without setting foot in Tory lands.
This politics story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Farage, Tories and Polly Toynbee.
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