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Just before UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a no-confidence vote by MPs of his Conservative Party on Monday evening, I spoke with India Ahead about the prospect of him surviving the ballot but as a “damaged” leader of the party and the country.

I review Johnson’s incompetence, negligence, and lies before discussing the politics around the vote — and who might succeed him in case of his unexpected defeat.

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