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The Effect of Boris Johnson on the Conservative Party

I actually met her once. She's long before she was the leader. And she was really nervous. There are amazing passages in the book, the Memories of People Watching Her Campaign, saying they'd never seen anyone as nervous. I mean, one shouldn't feel sorry for front rank politicians, in my opinion, or very rarely. So we now move into the Boris Johnson area,. It's a curt question. How much damage has Boris Johnson done to the Conservatives? Well, I mean, he certainly created their opinion-pole ratings in the short term, in the long term. He has pushed them even further towards this kind of ASAT populist, radical right party.

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