I lived through the Tory party's darkest days – the similarities with now are deeply troubling

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I lived through the Tory party's darkest days – the similarities with now are deeply troubling
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'I’ve lived through, and played a small part in, three events which have traumatised, damaged and nearly broken the Conservative Party. Today, I feel the echoes of all three of those events,' Andrew Mitchell writes

I was first elected to the House of Commons in 1987 and in the years since then I’ve lived through, and played a small part in, three events which have traumatised, damaged and nearly broken the Conservative Party.

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