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Old 20-10-2022, 15:01   #1403
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Re: Liz Truss Resigns [Who'll be the next Prime Minister?]

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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
Johnson means the calls for an election would be weaker but it would look ridiculous and split the party. I don't think he'll get a majority of the Tory MPs so it will have to go to a vote.
Oddly if he wins, then won a general election, he draws a line under his grubby past and fully restores his mandate.

That said I think neither will happen. This is the chance for the party to underline a decade of division. It’s an existential threat to them if they don’t.
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