Fresh from losing the Mayor election in Bedford to Dave Hodgson comes this news of further Conservative problems, via the BBC:
The leader of the Conservative group on Bedford Borough Council has been suspended from the party for two years.
The Tory Party said the action against Nicky Attenborough was taken because of comments she made about the selection process for the Tory mayoral candidate.
She described the open meeting, where non-Conservative Party members had a vote, as a disgrace.
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