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By Mikey Smith Tory plotters hoping to oust Rishi Sunak are looking to next month’s by-elections as their next opportunity to strike at his authority. Losses in Wellingborough and Kingswood – especially if accompanied by a surge in support for the Reform Party – would spell further misery for the beleaguered PM. A loosely-organised band of disgruntled Tories are looking to replace Mr Sunak, with most eyeing up either Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch or ex-Home Secretary Suella Braverman to replace him. Meanwhile Reform, formerly the Brexit Party, is gaining support from the right-wing rump of …

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