The Brexit ultras in the Conservative party’s European Research Group (ERG), about seventy strong, now hold Boris Johnson hostage. The confidence vote the party held on 6 June revealed that only about eighty back benchers supported him; certainly many fewer now after the two huge by-election defeats. Since 6 June Johnson has been tossing chunks… Read more »
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