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Tories see red over Gray

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Some good news at last for Damian Green. Theresa May’s onetime deputy has had a difficult few weeks what with his unsuccessful selection bid in Ashfield followed by the news that his nemesis Sue Gray is off to run Keir Starmer’s office. But Mr S hears that Green last night had a bit of good luck: the team he captained triumphed at the Tory away day pub quiz, thanks in no small part to the efforts of one Michael Gove. 

The brightest minds in the parliamentary party were grilled on subjects from ‘great Conservative election wins’ to ‘great Labour scandals’, ‘Lib Dem failures’ to the ‘zeitgeist tape (for those who’ve had enough of politics).’ Questions included which Labour frontbencher once said Mao ‘did more good than harm’ – answer: Diane Abbott, the length of convicted ex-MP Jared O’Mara’s sentence, and the price of Angela Rayner’s Airpods.

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