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Despite winning a large majority at the last election, Prime Minister Johnson’s relationship with his party is an uneasy one.
Just a few months after achieving its long term aim of leaving the EU, the Conservative Party seems ill at ease with itself and the sound of tribal Tory strife can be seen and heard.
Is this just the way it’s always been: a cultural and historical norm for Tory leaders and their backbenchers? Or is there something else going on?
In this edition of Analysis, Professor Rosie Campbell assesses Boris Johnson’s relationship with his own party and asks why Conservative backbenchers can be such a thorn in the flesh of their leaders.
Will this Prime Minister go the same way, or can he buck the trend?
Presenter: Rosie Campbell Producer: Jim Frank Editor: Jasper Corbett
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