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A brief history of Tory rebellion

20 October 2022

6:05 PM

20 October 2022

6:05 PM

One hundred years ago, on 19 October 1922, Conservative MPs gathered at the Carlton Club. There was only one subject on the agenda: whether the party should continue its coalition with Prime Minister David Lloyd George’s wing of the Liberal party, or fight the coming General Election on its own.

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