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Diary of a Tory conference meltdown

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The Party Has United Behind Liz Trust

I've been speaking to lots of Tory MPs today. Some over the phone, and some, obviously there aren't that many, some here in person as well. The candour with which people are speaking is just extraordinary. They've been saying things like she has zero authority now. As one person put it to me, she won't be able to do anything difficult now. If she tries, for example, to bring in difficult planning reforms or whatever, they'll laugh in her face because they're going to lose their seats. And there's no way of forcing them to vote for difficult measures. There's been lots of gallows humour, I'd say as well, about the various

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