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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Mikey Smith

Top Tory risks fury in own party by saying unsuitable MPs were elected in 2017 and 2019

The Tory Commons leader has risked angering dozens of his own party's MPs by declaring people elected in snap elections were unsuitable.

Mark Spencer made the eyebrow-raising comment in an interview with The House, Parliament's in-house magazine.

He suggested unsuitable candidates were able to stand in the 2017 and 2019 elections because they were announced in a rush.

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