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Why the Tories are tearing themselves apart over housing

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The Dilemma of the Tory Party

Housing is an issue that seems to divide the party in a different way. It's not leave remain, for example, or your more right wing of the party and Tory wets. You also have people on the pro house building side like Brandon Lewis,. Former housing secretary - but massive Brexit supporter. So the dividing lines don't fall neatly here. What voters think is one thing, what conservatives think is another. And there's been shifts afoot. I mean, Rob Bowton, who's the chief executive fake him homes, he's a donor. He didn't want to speak for the piece, but he had been posting on LinkedIn. Don’t do blocked housing.

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