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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Devlin,Lizzie Dearden and Adam Forrest

Plot to restore Boris Johnson as prime minister splits warring Tories

EPA

A bitter split has emerged among Conservative plotters over how best to restore Boris Johnson to his former role as leader of the party.

A move by one group of his supporters to empower the party’s grassroots members in order to pave the way for the erstwhile prime minister to return has been dismissed as “b*****ks” by a rival camp of Mr Johnson’s allies.

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