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‘Everyone’s out for Boris’

The Tory leadership contest is starting with an attempted assassination

15 July 2017

9:00 AM

15 July 2017

9:00 AM

There is nowhere better to plot than the Palace of Westminster. There are alcoves to conspire in, little-used corridors and discreet watering holes. And no group enjoys plotting more than Tory MPs. Add a general election result that made the Tory leader a lame duck and you have the perfect ingredients for political mischief.

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