Although it does seem that you can still be appointed deputy chair of the Conservative Party when you are brain dead. Lee's scandal du jour is the – let's be honest – unsurprising revelation that he's pally with some unsavoury far-right extremists. Labour have easily retained the West Lancashire constituency in a by-election called after its MP, Rosie Cooper, resigned last autumn. Whatever it is about exactly, people in Conservative Party headquarters look set to have a very uncomfortable weekend. The rebranding of the Labour Party press office Twitter account would suggest that she has found something very damaging to the Government.
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