Four ways Boris Johnson tested the British Parliament to its limits as PM

Johnson set a ‘questionable precedent’ by continuously sidestepping parliament

Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson’s two and a half years at No. 10 exposed some of the vulnerabilities of British constitutional norms
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University of Manchester senior politics lecturer Louise Thompson on four elements of Boris Johnson’s premiership that are worth scrutinising

Boris Johnson’s tenure as British prime minister is nearly over, ending a fractious period for parliament and the wider political system.

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