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The torture chamber: how opposition MPs plan to humiliate Boris

Without a Tory majority, the PM’s tormentors are the ones holding the power

issue 28 September 2019

When Jeremy Corbyn declared at Labour conference that his party would only allow an election once no deal had been taken off the table, MPs began to wonder if it could be put off until the new year. The Prime Minister’s tormentors can’t agree when exactly they would like to go to the country, but all agree that there are plenty of ways to torture Boris Johnson.

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