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Jeffrey Archer

When I was deputy chairman I could travel from Glasgow to Edinburgh without leaving Tory land. In a two-week period I covered every constituency in which we had an MP. There were 14. Now we have only one. We appear to have given up.

Jeffrey Archer

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Jeffrey Archer is describing how, when he was deputy chairman, the Conservative Party had strong support across many areas between Glasgow and Edinburgh, with 14 MPs representing those constituencies. Now, with only one MP left, he feels the party has lost much of its presence and influence in that region.

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