What Effect Does This Affair Have on British Politics?

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Nearly 60% of britons think he should resign. Voters don't like the look of this at all, and haven't from the start. The report lays bare the rot that under this prime minister has spread in number ten. It provides definitive proof of how those within the building treated the sacrifices of the british people with utter contempt.

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