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Back-stabbers?
Lord Tebbit wrote in the Telegraph: "To add to [Mr Johnson's] troubles, three of his Cabinet colleagues — Rishi Sunak, Dominic Raab and Michael Gove — were anxious to let it be known that they were not at the party, but were busy at their departmental duties.
"That reminded me of the fall of Prime Minister Thatcher when John Major pleaded that he was unable to get to Westminster to support her due to a painful wisdom tooth, which eased just in time to let him arrive in Westminster to stand as the 'Keep Heseltine out' candidate and be elected as her successor."