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Lord Michael Heseltine has savaged Liz Truss over the Tory Party’s “bleak” electoral hopes. The 89-year-old former Deputy Prime Minister warned that the Conservative Party faces an almighty challenge at the next general election.
Lord Heseltine, who is President of the pro-Brussels Europe Movement UK campaign, said “a very impressive feat of political leadership” would now be needed to keep the Tory Party in power.
The ex-Henley MP added: “Things are looking pretty bleak.”
Speaking at a fringe event at Conservative Party conference after Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng canned his controversial bid to abolish the 45p tax rate, Heseltine also asked: “What was the plan?”
Opinion polls suggest Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has opened up a massive lead over Ms Truss.
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According to a recent survey by Redfield & Wilton, Labour opened up a 28-point lead over the Conservative Party.
Lord Heseltine, who missed out in the race to replace Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister in 1990 to Sir John Major, went on to deal Ms Truss with a potential Brexit blow.
The unrepentant Remainer, who lost the Tory Party whip after voting for the Liberal Democrats in 2019, said: “I think if the Government is looking for a U-turn, it should pull the legislation from the House of Lords tomorrow.
“It’s going to get massacred in the House of Lords anyway.”
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