As I Please: Partygate Is the Beginning of the End for Boris Johnson

By: Chris McLaughlin

A quiet revolution is under way, and the most organised cohort of Tory MPs is the one plotting the PM’s downfall.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street ahead of Prime Minister's Questions on 9 February 2022 in London, England. (Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)

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Will 2022 be Boris Johnson’s annus horribilis ultimus? The two years preceding have been pretty horrible but will the coming year see the final curtain on the Johnson experiment in free-form government? There will be no election, of course, but the men in grey suits who once thought they ran the Tory party are getting […]

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Will 2022 be Boris Johnson’s annus horribilis ultimus? The two years preceding have been pretty horrible but will the coming year see the final curtain on the Johnson experiment in free-form government? There will be no election, of course, but the men in grey suits who once thought they ran the Tory party are getting […]

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Will 2022 be Boris Johnson’s annus horribilis ultimus? The two years preceding have been pretty horrible but will the coming year see the final curtain on the Johnson experiment in free-form government? There will be no election, of course, but the men in grey suits who once thought they ran the Tory party are getting […]

Will 2022 be Boris Johnson’s annus horribilis ultimus? The two years preceding have been pretty horrible but will the coming year see the final curtain on the Johnson experiment in free-form government? There will be no election, of course, but the men in grey suits who once thought they ran the Tory party are getting […]

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