Rishi Sunak shouldered the burden for a 'sobering verdict' at the General Election, as competing Tory factions began their battle over the diminished party's future.
Rishi Sunak shouldered the burden for a"sobering verdict" at the General Election, as competing Tory factions began their battle over the diminished party's future.
Elsewhere, former justice Robert Buckland warned that a lurch to the right would be"disastrous" for the party after he lost his Swindon South seat. Mr Sunak held onto his seat with a nearly 13,000 majority over his nearest rival, Labour's Tom Wilson, but conceded defeat for the Tories amid crushing results elsewhere for the party.
" Conservative Party has let you down. You - the Great British people voted for us over 14 years and we did not keep our promises.
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