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Boris Johnson’s coalition of voters is falling apart

1 January 2022

2:55 AM

1 January 2022

2:55 AM

Boris Johnson enters the third year of his premiership in a much weaker position than when he started it. Alongside major rebellions inside his own party, humiliating by-election defeats and growing speculation across Westminster about who will succeed him, he has another problem: the coalition of voters who propelled him into Number 10 Downing Street is now rapidly falling apart.

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Matthew Goodwin’s latest book ‘Values, Voice and Virtue: The New British Politics’ will be published in 2022 by Penguin.


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