LONDON: Old rifts resurfaced in Britain's ruling Conservative Party on Saturday (Jun 10) following former prime minister Boris Johnson's abrupt resignation from parliament, while the opposition
, while the opposition Labour Party sensed opportunity ahead of a general election next year.
Sunak's Conservatives, trailing badly in opinion polls, must now fight three by-elections in constituencies vacated on Friday by Johnson and his ally Nadine Dorries, and on Saturday by Nigel Adams, a former minister in the Johnson government. Jenkyns received the honorary title of Dame in Johnson's resignation honours list published on Friday which critics derided as an exercise in cronyism.
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