What the fall of Margaret Thatcher can teach Boris Johnson

The 1990 sacking of Iron Lady offers lessons for embattled current Tory leader

Margaret Thatcher giving her last speech as PM at the October 1990 Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool, Lancashire
Margaret Thatcher gives last speech as PM at October 1990 Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool, Lancashire
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Politics experts Paul Whiteley of University of Essex and Harold D. Clarke of University of Texas at Dallas on the implications of the polling parallels between the two prime ministers

It has been a bad few weeks for Boris Johnson and the Conservative government. It began with allegations that Christmas parties had been held in Downing Street during the lockdown of 2020 and has escalated into open conflict between the prime minister and his backbenchers.

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