The Tories must do more than apologise for Liz Truss
The party should make it clear that both Truss and Boris Johnson’s days as Conservative candidates are over.
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David Gauke
David Gauke is the former justice secretary and was MP for South West Hertfordshire from 2005 to 2019.
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