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Boris Johnson has announced he will resign as Prime Minister of the UK.
He once delivered his party historic victories, but now he is being called a risk to the United Kingdom and an existential threat to the existence of the Conservative party — by some of his own colleagues.
So how did one man do so much political damage?
Today, World Editor of The Saturday Paper, Jonathan Pearlman on Boris Johnson’s incredibly predictable downfall.
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