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

Tories ‘at risk from rightwing insurgency’ warns donor Lord Cruddas

Peter Cruddas was ennobled by Boris Johnson.
Peter Cruddas was ennobled by Boris Johnson. Photograph: House of Lords/PA

The Conservative party is under threat from a rightwing insurgency after a “drag to the left” under Rishi Sunak, one of its biggest recent donors has warned, amid growing tensions on the Tory right.

Peter Cruddas, the peer who has given the party more than £3.5m, said the Conservatives were “no longer a centre-right party” under Sunak, adding that he refused to back it financially until it changed course.

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