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Lee Anderson claimed moderate Tory MPs have “destroyed the Conservative Party” after a major new poll projected
Labour was on course for a landslide victory at the next general election. Mr Anderson, who defected to Reform
UK after losing the Tory whip, took aim at the One Nation grouping of centre-ground Conservative MPs and blamed them for the party’s problems. Asked if the Tories were complacent or even arrogant about their political position because of the two-party system, Mr Anderson told GB News: “There is that arrogance and I think they’re getting a little bit concerned now and it’s unfortunate because there are still some good Tories in the Conservative Party, some good Tory MPs who I’m still
Friends with who probably will lose their seats at the next election. “Then there’s some MPs who are not so good, a little bit wet, the One Nation lot, who I think have destroyed the Conservative Party. “The One Nation lot are actually worse than what the Labour Party are, because they’re just socialists in disguise.” A YouGov poll and projection published yesterday suggested Labour would win 403 seats if an
election were held tomorrow, with the Tories securing just 155. That would be an even worse result than the Conservatives suffered in 1997. You can follow the latest updates below and join the conversation in the comments section here . Israel’s approach to the war in
Gaza is bordering on reckless, a former head of MI6 said. Sir Alex Younger told BBC’s Today podcast: “My view is that what happened is essentially systematic of an approach to targeting that has, on occasion, bordered on the reckless. “Fundamentally undermines therefore what must be Israel’s political objectives, which is to sustain some moral high ground and some moral purpose.” He added: “It’s hard not to conclude that insufficient care is being paid to these collateral risks of these operations, one way or another.” Lee Anderson claimed moderate Tory MPs had “destroyed the Conservative Party” after a major new poll projected Labour was on course for a landslide victory at the next general election. Mr Anderson, who defected to Reform UK after losing the Tory whip, took aim at the One Nation grouping of centre-ground Conservative MPs and blamed them for the party’s problems. Asked if the Tories were complacent or even arrogant about their political position because of the two-party system, Mr Anderson told GB News: “There is that arrogance and I think they’re getting a little bit concerned now and it’s unfortunate because there are still some good Tories in the Conservative Party, some good Tory MPs who I’m still friends with who probably will lose their seats at the next election. “Then there’s some MPs who are not so good, a little bit wet, the One Nation lot, who I think have destroyed the Conservative Party. “The One Nation lot are actually worse than what the Labour Party are, because they’re just socialists in disguise.” A YouGov poll and projection published yesterday suggested Labour would win 403 seats if an election were held tomorrow, with the Tories securing just 155. That would be an even worse result than the Conservatives suffered in 1997.