Farage would be carrying Trump's bags around US if Sunak had called autumn poll, says top Tory
by Nicholas Cecil
Jun 20, 2024
2 minutes
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Nigel Farage would have been carrying Donald Trump’s bags around America during the UK’s election if Rishi Sunak had called it for the autumn, a senior Tory has said.
Lord Barwell, who was No10 chief-of-staff to Theresa May, said calling the election for July had been a “terrible mistake”.
Many Tory MPs were stunned at the time when the PM announced the
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