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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot

Tom Tugendhat: Tory centrist loathed by Boris Johnson could be ‘a relief’

Tom Tugendhat discusses the collapse of the Afghan government in the House of Commons in London in August 2021.
Tom Tugendhat: ‘Would it be great to be PM? Yep, it would be.’ Photograph: AFP/Getty

Tom Tugendhat, the high-profile chair of the foreign affairs committee, once described the job of prime minister as like “winning the lottery”.

With a dearth of options in the cabinet for the party’s centrist wing to rally behind in a future leadership contest, he is the name many more have started to mention should Boris Johnson lose a vote of no confidence.

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