‘Don’t punish us’: Tory candidates brand themselves ‘local Conservatives’ to escape Partygate - The Independent

‘This Thursday, please don’t punish local Conservatives for the mistakes made in Westminster – we are local and proud of where we live’

Tory council election candidates are calling themselves local Conservatives and pleading with voters not to punish them for the Partygate scandal. The extraordinary attempts by some candidates to di… [+2733 chars]

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