We all know about Brexit, partygate and Liz Truss's brief turn as prime minister, but do you remember the badgers, Mark Reckless and George Osborne crying? 👀 Here are 13 moments from the Tories' 13 years in power that you might have forgotten about
on hot food, such as Cornish pasties. The decision went down like a half-cooked baked slice and he was forced into a hasty retreat and the policy was dropped.In fact, 2012 was a particularly bad year for Mr Osborne. Having been defeated by the sausage roll brigade, he arrived at the London Olympic Stadium for the Paralympics only to be roundly booed by the crowd. He was handing out medals when his name was called out, prompting the crowd to make clear what they thought of him.
In January 2013, Mr Cameron delivered a speech at the headquarters of Bloomberg in central London when he promised to hold an “in/out” referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union. It was an attempt to put an end to the Tory party “banging on about Europe”; instead it was the beginning of the end of his career.A major part of Mr Cameron’s calculations to hold a referendum was to see off the threat posed by the, led at the time by Nigel Farage.
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