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Tories are still biggest party on the right, claims Cleverly
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- He claimed Reform were not a centre right party but, rather, a "cult of personality", adding: "Nigel [Farage] is not a policy, being angry at stuff is not a policy."
- By contrast, the Tories backed "reducing taxes, protecting borders, funding the armed forces and making sure we liberate businesses," he told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg.
- Reform's deputy leader Richard Tice told the same programme that his party's electoral success represented a "seismic earthquake in British politics".
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Kate Whannel Political reporter BBCShadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly has argued that the Conservatives are still the biggest party on the right of British politics despite Reform making huge gains at their expense in Thursday's elections.
He claimed Reform were not a centre right party but, rather, a "cult of personality", adding: "Nigel [Farage] is not a policy, being angry at stuff is not a policy."
By contrast, the Tories backed "reducing taxes, protecting borders, funding the armed forces and making sure we liberate businesses," he told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg.
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