How dangerous is Lee Anderson’s defection for the Tories?
For now, there is little sign that Conservative colleagues will follow the Ashfield MP into Reform UK.
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New Times,
New Thinking.
For now, there is little sign that Conservative colleagues will follow the Ashfield MP into Reform UK.
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