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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rajeev Syal in Kigali and Rowena Mason in London

EXPLAINED: Boris johnson insists he will keep going despite byelection defeats - The Real Truth

The former Tory leader Michael Howard has called on Boris Johnson to quit and on cabinet members to consider their positions after a double byelection defeat and the resignation of a Conservative party co-chair.

Johnson, who is in Rwanda at a Commonwealth summit, said on Friday that he would keep going as prime minister despite losing the former Tory stronghold of Tiverton and Honiton to the Liberal Democrats and Wakefield to Labour.

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