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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot

‘We’ve been burned before’: Tory plotters lie low after Gray report

Boris Johnson giving press conference after publication of Sue Gray report.
Johnson’s public persona has been bullish about his survival. Photograph: Reuters

The plot against Boris Johnson could hardly be more different from the sound and fury that characterised the one against Theresa May, which took place in crammed and sweaty meeting rooms and with public denunciations in front of amassed journalists.

Instead, those hoping to oust this prime minister tend to meet in pairs over bottles of wine in the Adjournment cafe or catch a quiet word in a corridor.

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