Birmingham Post Comment: Conference Challenge Faces Tory Faithful

Birmingham Post (October 02, 2004)

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It would be hard to imagine a worse start for the Conservative Party conference.

Not only have the Tories failed to mount an effective challenge to Labour in Hartlepool, allowing the Liberal Democrats once again to portray themselves as the real opposition, but they have been beaten into fourth place by the United Kingdom Independence Party.

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Birmingham Post Comment: Conference Challenge Faces Tory Faithful

Tory leader Michael Howard may face calls to move further to the right, taking a stron...

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