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T_i_B

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6. The reality is that the Tory grassroots would never accept him

Reply to Soph0571 (Reply #5)

Thu Jun 13, 2019, 09:43 AM

Jun 2019

The grassroots activists of the Conservative Party want Brexshitter ideological purity at any cost, and a Conservative candidate prepared to acknowledge political and economic reality is not going to play well with these people. The party would have to split for that to change.

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I was listening to the radio yesterday and both Labour and Lib Dems said Soph0571 Jun 2019 #5

The reality is that the Tory grassroots would never accept him T_i_B Jun 2019 #6

It is literally heart breaking Soph0571 Jun 2019 #7

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