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Liz Truss loses seat as ex-prime minister becomes biggest scalp in Tory bloodbath
(www.independent.co.uk)
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Didn't she lose it to the party that's even further right though? Not from the UK, just what I understood from another conversation...
According to the article, she was beaten by someone from Labour.
Yeah, someone else clarified that people were probably talking about the vote split going further right making her lose her seat, it wasn't people voting labour instead of conservative.
I think what they meant is the votes that made the difference went to the further rightwing party, making her lose
Oh that's probably it! Thanks