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The Tories – seven years, five PMs. What’s next? Politics Weekly UK podcast

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The Tory Party's Transformation From a Centre-Right Party to a Radical Right-Wing Party

Boris Johnson was the epitome of that. Liz Tras and indeed Rishi Sunak, they spent quite a lot of their time actually undermining Boris Johnson. That competition for the top job is also, as you say, one very, very important factor. Let's talk about ideology, notwithstanding what you just said. I think this, in some ways, is the central question of the book. The extent to which the party has transformed itself from a centre-right mainstream outfit into a radical right party.

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