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Analysis - Trouble on the backbenches? Tory Leaders and their MPs - Trouble on the backbenches? Tory Leaders and their MPs - BBC Sounds

Analysis - Trouble on the backbenches? Tory Leaders and their MPs - Trouble on the backbenches? Tory Leaders and their MPs - BBC Sounds

Trouble on the backbenches? Tory Leaders and their MPsTrouble on the backbenches? Tory Leaders and their MPs

Released On: 12 Oct 2020

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Rosie Campbell assesses the relationship between Tory leaders and their MPs.

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