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'Dirty' Trump deserved to be thrashed in the US midterms, says Kemi Badenoch

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The Independent'Dirty' Trump deserved to be thrashed in the US midterms, says Kemi Badenoch
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In the wide-ranging exclusive interview for The Talk Show with Geordie Greig, Badenoch also savaged Tory predecessors Boris Johnson and Liz Truss for their ‘mistakes’ in government

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