The Conservative Party should never be forgiven for enabling Boris Johnson’s ascent
Today’s Tories have forfeited any right to be seen as the party of law and order and moral rectitude.
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Martin Fletcher
Martin Fletcher is a former foreign editor of the Times and a contributing writer to the New Statesman.
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