: Margaret Thatcher’s ouster from Downing Street may hold lessons for Boris Johnson #IndiaNEWS It has been a bad few weeks for Boris Johnson and the Conservative government. It began with allegations

Margaret Thatcher’s ouster from Downing Street may hold lessons for Boris Johnson #IndiaNEWS
It has been a bad few weeks for Boris Johnson and the Conservative government. It began with allegations that Christmas parties had been held in Downing Street during the lockdown of 2020 and has escalated into open conflict between the Prime Minister and his backbenchers.A series of votes on new Covid-19 regulations saw around 100 Conservative parliamentarians rebel against the government line in what was a major blow to the Prime Minister’s authority.Days later, the Conservatives lost the North Shropshire constituency in a byelection triggered by the resignation of Owen Patterson MP, who was caught up in a lobbying scandal. The Liberal Democrats overturned a Conservative majority of nearly 23,000 to take the seat. Prominent backbencher Roger Gale described the result as a referendum on Johnson’s performance and warned: “one more strike and he’s out�?.But have enough Conservative backbenchers reached the conclusion that Johnson should be removed as party leader? There is a historical precedent that throws light on the present situation. This was when Margaret Thatcher was sacked as leader of her party – and consequently lost her job as Prime Minister – in 1990. She had a loyal following in the party and had won three elections in a row, but even that could...Read more

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