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Why Boris bashes the archbishop
Fighting institutions trumps actually governing for the Conservatives
Editor's note (June 6th 2022): Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 committee of Conservative MPs, has announced that the threshold for a vote of confidence in the prime minister has been met. In accordance with the rules, the ballot is to be held later the same day, on the evening of June 6th.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Boris, the Bishop basher”
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