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Boris Johnson’s fall would not change the Conservative agenda
The British PM’s lockdown breaches and failings may leave him terminally discredited but few in his party are questioning the manifesto on which he won.
Robert ShrimsleyThese are heady days for committed opponents of Boris Johnson, but I have bad news for them. If the Prime Minister is toppled by the so-called “partygate scandal”, the next leader is still going to be a Conservative – and one whose policies resemble those of the embattled incumbent.
If or when Boris Johnson goes, the Tories are not about to undergo a significant course correction that endears them once more to wealthy metropolitans. AP
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