Conservative Party chairman Greg Hands sought to blame the “legacy issues” predating Mr Sunak's premiership that led up to the two by-elections.
Mr Hands insisted that people “think that Rishi Sunak is doing a good job overall as prime minister, but that there are some issues with the Conservative Party from last year and years before.
Report by Covellm.
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