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UK ‘isn’t a democracy any more’, warns Tugendhat in call for ‘leadership’

UK ‘isn’t a democracy any more’, warns Tugendhat in call for ‘leadership’

Tom Tugendhat suggested that if ‘the bureaucrats are in charge of everything’, then the UK ‘isn’t a democracy any more’.

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