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Pro-EU Tory MP felt ‘bereavement’ on day of Brexit result

by Solomon Hughes
in the security zone

A LEADING pro-EU Conservative admitted to feeling “bereavement” about the referendum result at a reception on the Conservative fringe.

Stroud MP Neil Carmichael, chair of the Conservative Group for Europe, rallied the pro-EU forces at a drinks reception in Birmingham’s upmarket Hyatt hotel, whose smart rooms and bar are inside the temporary walls of the conference security zone.

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