Rees-Mogg says Boris Johnson would have a mandate to stay in power even if he wins a no-confidence ballot by a single vote👇
“That’s the rule in a democracy - if you win by one you win,” he said. “It’s no good saying that the rules of the party say something and then behind it, unofficially, there is some other rule that nobody knows and is invented for the purpose.
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