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Jack Kessler

OPINION - If the polls are right, soon Tory squabbles won't matter a jot

What does Mark Francois think? Is this acceptable to Richard Drax? Can we keep Pauline Latham on board? For the last 15 years, these have been important questions, and for good reason.

The internal politics of the Conservative Party determined where spending cuts fell and what kind of Brexit deal – if any – Britain could secure. More than once, the whims of a few thousand party members decided who would be prime minister. No longer.

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