Boris Johnson couldn’t have done it without the Brexit Party

Claire wrote for the Spectator on why she was pleased that the Conservatives won a majority in the election. But she also explains why Boris Johnson should be grateful to the Brexit Party – not just for his election landslide but for the fact that Brexit was back on the agenda at all. The party’s decision to stand down candidates in constituencies won by the Tories in 2017 was crucial, too – but it wasn’t based on a belief that the Withdrawal Agreement was truly ‘Brexit’.

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