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After Boris: the leadership contest has begun

Who are the Tories lining up to replace Boris?

9 July 2022

9:00 AM

9 July 2022

9:00 AM

The events of the past few weeks have weakened the Prime Minister irreparably. The confidence vote wounded him. Then two by-election defeats revealed that people were voting tactically against the Tories. A party that tolerated Boris Johnson because he was a vote-winner now fears that he is an electoral liability.

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