Is Boris Johnson becoming a ‘liability’ for the Conservatives?

‘Partygate’ and sleaze row fallout hits PM as voters in Shropshire deliver their verdicts

Boris Johnson during a visit to a vaccination centre in London
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Boris Johnson has “one more strike and he’s out”, a Conservative MP has warned amid growing rumblings of rebellion following the party’s shock defeat in the North Shropshire by-election.

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