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Why angry Britain will this week finally dump the Tories

Why angry Britain will this week finally dump the Tories

Five PMs, five elections and a three-ring circus: over 14 years, the Conservative government sowed the seeds of its own downfall - and leaves a mixed legacy.

Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondent

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″This election is not a referendum on the past,” Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declared during a campaign pit stop this week. How he must wish that were true.

His adversary, Labour’s Keir Starmer, has spent the entire six-week election campaign repeating the mantra “14 years of failure”, and invoking the reviled names of former PMs Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, the trashers of the Tory brand.

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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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