Boris Johnson mutiny: can Rishi Sunak avert a Tory civil war?

‘Vicious blue-on-blue bloodletting’ subsides as Conservative whips win over wavering rebels

Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak, Nadine Dorries and Nigel Adams
The resignations of Johnson, Adams and Dorries have piled the pressure on Sunak
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Rishi Sunak looks to have seen off a potential Tory rebellion – at least for now – after the shock resignation of Boris Johnson threatened a new period of instability and infighting within the party.

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