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Forget Brexit: Boris’s toughest task will be energising his exhausted party

23 July 2019

10:01 PM

23 July 2019

10:01 PM

Boris Johnson will now be receiving plenty of unsolicited advice about how to be Prime Minister. As his victory speech a few minutes ago showed, though, he’s not planning to ditch one of the qualities that got him into this job in the first place. Brand Boris isn’t about the typical prime ministerial behaviour, stood squarely behind a lectern and trying to offer gravitas.

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