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What can Ben Houchen teach Johnson’s Conservatives?

7 March 2020

9:00 AM

7 March 2020

9:00 AM

Who do the Conservatives have to thank for helping them win so many seats in the north of England? Tory MPs normally name Boris Johnson, for his different approach to politics. Sometimes Dominic Cummings, too, for applying focus. But there’s one other figure regularly mentioned as a patron saint of Red Wall Tories: Ben Houchen, mayor of Tees Valley.

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