Boris Johnson is floundering, and his majority may not save him | Martin Kettle

For now, he’s the only person who can keep his party together. But Conservative MPs are increasingly frustrated

Ordinarily, a prime minister with a big working majority does not have to worry much about backbenchers. Tell that, though, to the ghost of Margaret Thatcher, whose MPs ousted her in 1990 when she had a majority of almost 100. And tell it today to Boris Johnson, who, even with a majority of 80, finds his back increasingly against the wall.

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