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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Emily Dugan

‘Crap’, ‘frustrating’, ‘a shower’: the Tories laying into their own party

James Cracknell at the boathouse in Putney,
James Cracknell made headlines this week with his forthright views on the campaign. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian

When the former Olympic rower James Cracknell, a Tory candidate, called his own party a “shower of shit” this week, he was not the first Tory to pour scorn on their electoral efforts.

A disastrous campaign, kicked off by Rishi Sunak in heavy rain and mired in repeated insider betting scandals, has led many Conservatives to vent their frustrations publicly. Here are some of their thoughts on their own party.

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