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Oxford Conservatives kept on a “tight leash”

The latest on the Tory boy students.

By Mehdi Hasan

I’ve blogged before about the freaks and loons who populate Oxford University’s Conservative Association.

Here’s the latest on their antics from the Belfast Telegraph:

Caveat of the day

Oxford University Tories are being kept on a tight leash. The Conservative Association has told its members not to put the “vote for change” slogan over pictures of them in black ties drinking port on Facebook in case it sends out the wrong message to voters.

Given George Osborne’s new makeover as “Lord Snooty” on the BBC’s Chancellors’ debate yesterday, shouldn’t the Conservative high command be more worried about Tory boys closer to home?

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