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Boris Johnson era is coming to an end | Learn the phrasal verb ‘go after’

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Boris Johnson's Legacy Is Likely to Be the Way He Governed as Prime Minister

As in his campaign for braget, he promised everyone they could have all they want. He refused to do the essential work of politics, which is to make choices among competing priorities. In government, he made a deft decision to go after voters who felt left behind in the small towns of northern england. But he didn't bother to say where the investment would come from. And he didn't square his promises with another wing of his party that wanted lower taxes and lower spending. Instead, he relied on his own charms and political skill to get him out of these internal contradictions.

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