Sir Robert was visibly angry as he spoke after losing his Swindon seat to Labour, in one of the first Labour gains of the night. He said: “Our very political system is at a crossroads.
Speaking to the BBC after losing his Swindon South seat, Sir Robert said such a move “would be a disastrous mistake and it would send us into the abyss, and gift Labour government for many years”. He also took aim at “ill-discipline” within the Conservative Party. “I think that we have seen in this election an astonishing ill-discipline within the party,” the former justice secretary said.
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