Tory donor snaps up cooperative family silver

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One of the most profitable parts of the Cooperative group has been sold off to stave off imminent collapse, but it bodes ill for the future. The deal mocks the Labour deadwood that riddled the old management in that the new owner is headed by a major Conservative supporter.