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(Picture: Getty Images)The demise of Boris Johnson was supposed to spell an end to the chaos of the past year. No more stories about party breaches, golden wallpaper or other scandals: the Lord of Misrule was leaving. But the days since he announced his departure have been some of the craziest in living memory.
The race to succeed him is shaping up to be the most vicious in recent history. ‘There’s so much poison in the system,’ says a former minister. ‘I don’t know how we’ll come back from this.’ We’re not even halfway through the contest yet (the victor will be announced in September) and already the battle for No10 is turning nasty. Blue-onblue is becoming the theme of the summer.
