James Forsyth James Forsyth

Boris Johnson’s political strategy is the same as his Brexit strategy

Boris Johnson is running an outside / in campaign, I say in The Sun this morning.. If he’s to get the UK out of the EU by October 31st—the defining pledge of his leadership bid—then he’s got to get the public to put pressure on parliament.

The new Prime Minister needs MPs to think that they’ll pay an electoral price for standing in his way.

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