Cleverly: Lee Anderson defection is ‘a real mistake’
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Cleverly: Lee Anderson defection is ‘a real mistake’
Home Secretary James Cleverly says Lee Anderson has "made a real mistake" after the former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party announced his defection to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party.
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