Sir Robert Buckland gave a brutal two-word response before he lost his seat to Labour (Image: PA)
A senior Tory gave a brutal two-word response to Sky News’ Kay Burley before losing their seat to the Labour Party.
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When asked about the exit poll which showed a significant defeat for the Conservative Party, former Minister for Wales Sir Robert Buckland claimed it would take a “long time” for the Tories to recover. In a two word response, he told host Kay Burley: "That's politics!"
With just 12 seats left to declare, the Conservative Party has been left with just 117 seats, while the Labour party has won a supermajority of 410 seats.
Before losing his seat, which he had held since 2010, Sir Robert discussed his feelings about a potential defeat.
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Sir Robert Buckland criticised the Conservative Party following his defeat (Image: Getty)
Sir Robert told Sky: “I’ve lost before. I’m used to what defeat looks like. My political life is not over. I’ve got causes close to my heart that I will be fighting for just as hard outside Parliament as I have inside.”
Sir Robert has also spoken out against what he described as “ill-discipline” within the Conservative Party. He explained: “I think that we have seen in this election an astonishing ill-discipline within the party.
"We can see articles being written before a vote is cast at the General Election about the party heading for defeat and what the prognosis should be.
"It is spectacularly unprofessional, ill-disciplined. That is not the Conservative Party I joined and have been an active member of for now nearly 40 years.”
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Igniting a bruising civil war, he blasted fellow Tories for "performance art politics". He said: "I’m fed up with performance art politics. I’ve watched colleagues in the Conservative Party strike poses, write inflammatory op-eds and say stupid things they know have no evidence for instead of getting on with the job”.
“I’ve had enough of it. I want the Conservative Party to get back to the ethos of doing stuff well, of being competent, not pretending to please the media. If we can get back to that I think we have more than a fighting chance at the next election, but we need to do it quickly and we need to wake up now."
Furthermore, following the release of the exit poll and as more and more Conservative seats have been lost, there have been growing discussions about the future of the party after the election.
On who could lead the Tories, Dame Andrea Leadsom hinted at who could take the reins if Rishi Sunak resigns. She said: “I do think it will need to be someone from the centre right
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"Our country is a country of thoughtful and honourable people who are extremely tolerant until pushed and clearly in recent months and possibly years they have felt pushed, but centre right is where we need to be.”
However, she cautioned: “The night is yet young... there's a long way to go before those sorts of considerations.”
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