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Peter Rhodes on power, policies and the quiet dignity of a beaten PM’s wife

How will the Tories ever get back into power?

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Dignified –Outgoing Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with his wife Akshata Murty, brolly in hand

Simple. The party lost votes to the left (Lib-Dems) and to the right (Reform UK).

Therefore, the Tories must move left. And right.

I bet many who had their political wakening during the past 14 years are dismayed at how quickly the moment of triumph passes.

If this were a football competition, there would be days of boozy celebration, an open-top bus tour of the city and a glitzy civic reception.

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