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26. BORIS JOHNSON RESIGNS

The Rest Is Politics

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Is There a Majority in the House of Commons?

Boris was elected by the people of penrith, uxbridge and henley. He talks about these 14 million votes as if they were a personal mandate like his,. Like isa president o the united states. If that were the system, alice, you're completely right. And this is one of reasons why we should be really worried. That's, i think, why people felt there was something slightly sinister and an almost donald trump about this. It shows he didn't care in any way about the conservative party. But above all, it showed that he was putting himself in this red presidential fantasy.

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