{"id":1250709,"date":"2023-07-14T19:24:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T18:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businesstelegraph.co.uk\/inside-politics-stephen-bush-unpicks-the-drama-as-tories-battle-to-save-their-seats\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T19:24:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T18:24:31","slug":"inside-politics-stephen-bush-unpicks-the-drama-as-tories-battle-to-save-their-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businesstelegraph.co.uk\/inside-politics-stephen-bush-unpicks-the-drama-as-tories-battle-to-save-their-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Politics: Stephen Bush unpicks the drama as Tories battle to save their seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- newscabal uk text -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8162386273903324\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3688094655\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Receive free UK politics &amp; policy updates<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>We\u2019ll send you a <i>myFT Daily Digest<\/i> email rounding up the latest<!-- --> <!-- -->UK politics &amp; policy<!-- --> news every morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=b7e2926b-eecc-4e6d-84b0-89b6c98a6b59&amp;concept-id=9c0f3107-a34f-4319-a6a6-3101ac88b50d\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div data-attribute=\"article-content-body\">\n<p>Gloom in the Tory party is setting in. 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