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brooklynite

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Thu Jan 20, 2022, 09:53 AM Jan 2022

Tory MP accuses No 10 of using blackmail against colleagues challenging Johnson - UK politics live

Source: The Guardian

William Wragg, the Conservative chair of the Commons public administration and constitutional affairs committee, has accused the government of trying to “blackmail” MPs pushing for a confidence vote in Boris Johnson. He made the claim in an opening statement at the start of this morning’s committee hearing. Wragg, of course, is one of the few Conservative who has publicly called for Johnson to go.

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Wragg also asked Steve Barclay, the Cabinet Office minister, to ensure his concerns about this were passed on to the government. Barclay said he would.


Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/jan/20/boris-johnson-conservatives-tory-labour-latest-updates

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Tory MP accuses No 10 of using blackmail against colleagues challenging Johnson - UK politics live (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2022 OP
Looks Like the Same Bullying! McKim Jan 2022 #1

McKim

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1. Looks Like the Same Bullying!
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 01:25 PM
Jan 2022

Looks like the same bullying as here from Trump and his minions is going on across the pond.
Shameful for Britain to be ruled be a great big baby who can't even comb his hair! The sooner they rid themselves of this humiliating and undignified leader the better. In tandem with the UK we are returning our country to rational leadership! The midterms are everything here, we are opening our wallets until it hurts to build a better country!

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