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The RMT boss has won plaudits for his interview techniques, with Rory Stewart saying that others "should learn from him."

"Priti Patel wearing an anti-bullying ribbon? What next - King Herod with a Children in Need badge?", Henry Mance asked.

A strike, of any kind, is one that will always make every Tory froth at the mouth. There is nothing like working people fighting to save their livelihoods to really antagonise Conservatives.

“I think it is very upsetting and I told my whip that I would not be going as a result," one Red Wall MP said.

It comes as the UK prepares for two more days of industrial action by RMT members on Thursday and Saturday.

Bookies are giving Tory candidate Helen Hurford just a 27 per cent chance of taking Tiverton & Honiton.

Policy experts have suggested that the bloc establish a Partnership for Enlargement that offers Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and Western Balkan states concrete steps towards deeper integration.

"Thank god for Michael Fabricant. His sole purpose is to serves as a constant reminder of just how hard and far the Conservative Party have fallen."

£6 billion was paid out in bonuses in the City in March alone as train workers try to secure a below-inflation pay rise.