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Stranded on the political zip-wire

Stranded on the political zip-wire

BoJo isn’t why the Conservative party’s in trouble. He became PM because it already was

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Melanie Phillips
Dec 20, 2021
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Boris Johnson demonstrating the art of politics

Boris Johnson’s current multi-pronged political crisis is consuming Britain’s media. It’s not just that journalists detect an imminent prime ministerial fall from the dizzy heights (although Boris has escaped tight spots before now on the zip-wire of his career).  It’s also because, with many journalists r…

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