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Esther McVey launch, complete with Margaret Thatcher portrait.
Interestingly, one of the local members who’s campaigning to deselect Dominic Grieve in his constituency, John Strafford, is here in the McVey audience.
McVey really gunning for her colleagues describing a “Very weak government, a remain cabinet”.
There is also a former UKIP MEP at the McVey launch.
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