Tory gasps as Robert Jenrick reveals daughter’s middle name is Thatcher
by Peter Walker Senior political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6R53H)
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The audience at Conservative conferences is not generally easy to surprise, but Robert Jenrick's revelation drew some audible gasps: yes, he said, his daughter's middle name was really Thatcher.
The unexpected diversion took place on the main conference stage, where Jenrick was the third of four candidates for the party leadership to face an hour-long interview with Christopher Hope of GB News in front of 4,000 delegates in Birmingham.
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