{"id":120561,"date":"2023-10-11T18:20:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T18:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/?p=120561"},"modified":"2023-10-11T18:20:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T18:20:55","slug":"top-labour-mp-claims-nigel-farage-is-now-calling-the-shots-in-the-tory-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/politics\/top-labour-mp-claims-nigel-farage-is-now-calling-the-shots-in-the-tory-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Labour MP claims Nigel Farage is now \u2018calling the shots\u2019 in the Tory Party"},"content":{"rendered":"
Senior Labour MP Jonathan Ashworth gave a rabble rousing speech this afternoon to formally close the party\u2019s Liverpool conference, ruthlessly tearing into the Tories\u2019 recent gathering in Manchester.<\/p>\n
Mr Ashworth, sometimes referred to as Labour\u2019s minister for the Today Programme, reviewed Tory conference, joking that Penny Mordaunt had told them to \u201cstand up and fight\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell no one stood up, but they did fight each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
He accused Priti Patel of \u201cskipping the light fandango with Nigel Farage\u201d, saying the politician-turned-GB News presenter was \u201cwaltzing his way back into the Tory Party and Sunak is too weak to stop him\u201d.<\/p>\n
The shadow cabinet minister later claimed Nigel Farage, along with Liz Truss, Suella Braverman and Jacob Rees-Mogg, is now \u201ccalling the shots\u201d in the Tory party.<\/p>\n
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