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How the Tories can avoid a repeat of their confidence vote conundrum

8 June 2022

12:06 AM

8 June 2022

12:06 AM

Boris Johnson insists that his victory in last night’s confidence vote means he will be able to ‘draw a line under issues our opponents want to talk about’. But what the result actually shows, as Boris undoubtedly knows, is that even some of those who backed him in the vote now want him gone.

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