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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lamiat Sabin

David Davis says Tory party could ‘die death of 1,000 cuts if Boris Johnson stays on as PM’

Gareth Fuller/PA

The Conservative Party is at risk of “dying a death of 1,000 cuts” if MPs do not move to oust Boris Johnson as prime minister, a senior Tory said.

David Davis is warning his fellow Tory MPs that they will be in for a “year of agony” if they act too slow and a vote of no confidence is triggered as late as December this year, a scenario he described as “the worst outcome” for the party.

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