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The ghost of Thatcher is haunting the Tory leadership race

18 July 2022

9:11 PM

18 July 2022

9:11 PM

At least one groundless anxiety has surfaced during the Tory leadership contest. It concerns Boris Johnson’s future and the fear that he will try to undermine his successor, in the way Margaret Thatcher treated John Major.

But that ought to be the least of the party’s anxieties. It is true that Boris will not display any loyalty to the new leader, or to the party – or indeed to the country.

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