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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Devlin and Adam Forrest

SHOCKING: Tory rifts after pm backs lee anderson s f word fiasco - You Need To See This

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Rishi Sunak has been warned against turning the Conservatives into the “even nastier party” after he backed his deputy party chair telling migrants who don’t want to live on a barge they should “f*** off back to France”.

No 10 defended Lee Anderson but his words were met with horror by many in his party unnerved by a lurch to the right on immigration.

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