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Westminster is preparing for Donald Trump’s second term ahead of the US president’s inauguration in Washington
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The Conservative party has become increasingly pro-Trump under Kemi Badenoch’s leadership, and Priti Patel, the shadow foreign secretary, is in Washington for the inauguration. Over the weekend she posted his message on social media talking about the Tories’ and the Republicans’ “shared values”.
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