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Boris Johnson: The Party’s Over

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

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Boris Johnson's Behaviour Has Effectively Toughened the Stance That the Committee Wants to Take

Boris Johnson's behaviour since receiving a draft copy of the report has effectively toughened the stance that the committee wants to take. It is still more than enough to trigger the Recall of MPs Act, so it will probably have triggered a by-election. But nothing like the kind of enormous 90 days that they went for. The bigger question is how did we end up with someone who had been fired or investigated in every job he'd ever held getting to this position? And why did it take such a long time to get rid of him? Sam Allardyce: "I don't think it's a surprise now that we are where we are"

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