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Preston Manning: What’s Next for Britain’s Conservatives?

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Preston Manning: What’s Next for Britain’s Conservatives?
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Preston Manning
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What’s next for Britain’s Conservatives, after having suffered a major defeat in the UK’s recent general election, removed from office after governing for 14 years, abandoned by millions of voters who either refused to vote or protested by voting Reform UK, and replaced by a Labour government of which little is expected by a dispirited electorate?

Preston Manning
Preston Manning
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Preston Manning served as a member of the Canadian Parliament from 1993 to 2001, and as leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2000. He founded two political parties: the Reform Party of Canada and the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance. Both of these became the Official Opposition in Parliament and led to the creation of the Conservative Party of Canada, which formed the federal government from 2004-2015.