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Britain’s Conservatives are on the road to the Apocalypse

Britain’s Conservatives are on the road to the Apocalypse

The polls are now so bad for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that people are starting to talk about an epochal wipeout, and a reshaping of the British right.

Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondent

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British politics has felt like a soap opera for quite some time now. So perhaps the emergence of a former Neighbours star as a leading political weathervane should come as no surprise.

Melbourne-born Holly Vallance generated a mini-whirlwind of media in Britain last month with an appearance at PopCon, a new Tory splinter cell comprising diehard Brexiteers and supporters of spectacularly short-lived prime minister Liz Truss.

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Hans van Leeuwen
Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondentHans van Leeuwen covers British and European politics, economics and business from London. He has worked as a reporter, editor and policy adviser in Sydney, Canberra, Hanoi and London. Connect with Hans on Twitter. Email Hans at hans.vanleeuwen@afr.com

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