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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Michael Savage and Toby Helm

Senior Tories say Trump-style takeover could precipitate party meltdown

A critic (R) takes to the stage to interrupt a keynote speech by Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg
A protester interrupts a speech by Jacob Rees-Mogg at the National Conservatism conference on 15 May. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Senior Tories are warning their party will be finished should it undergo “a Trumpian style takeover” from the right, amid growing concerns that it risks political meltdown in its “blue wall” heartlands.

Prominent Conservatives from across the party are now increasingly concerned that a tilt to the right and anger over the handling of Brexit could lead to the party’s support collapsing in liberal, home counties seats in the same way that Labour imploded in Scotland in 2015.

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