Ken Clarke could become prime minister as our political crisis becomes a constitutional one
Among the many unlikely aspects of Boris Johnson’s elevation to the premiership, beyond the fact that it happened at all, is that he is the first occupant of No 10 for 140 years to come from the Commons’ backbenches. Ever since William Gladstone became prime minister for the second time in 1880, all the others on taking office have either been in the government or were leaders of the opposition.
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