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"If you cannot hold on to Essex…I think the Conservative Party is done." "Reform is a one man band" Shadow environment secretary, Victoria Atkins, and Reform UK supporter, Tim Montgomerie, clash over the prospects for the Conservatives in the local elections. #Newsnight
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