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Is Boris Johnson's Brexit strategy damaging the Conservative Party? - BBC Newsnight

Is Boris Johnson's Brexit strategy damaging the Conservative Party? - BBC Newsnight

Update: 2019-09-26
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Former Conservative Prime Minister John Major has said Boris Johnson's Brexit strategy is "profoundly un-Conservative". But is it doing permanent damage to the Tories?
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Boris Johnson has been heavily criticised for the language he has used in the House of Commons. The prime minister has also been urged to apologise after he said the best way to honour Jo Cox, the MP murdered during the EU referendum campaign, was to "get Brexit done".

Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell, expelled Conservative MP Dominic Grieve and The Brexit Party’s Ann Widdecombe - all once members of the same party - join Mark Urban.

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Is Boris Johnson's Brexit strategy damaging the Conservative Party? - BBC Newsnight

Is Boris Johnson's Brexit strategy damaging the Conservative Party? - BBC Newsnight

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