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Editorial: There are good reasons for leaking in the public interest. But the desire to be prime minister is not one of them

The chaos of Brexit has provided a number of political shocks which have seen parliamentary institutions lose their credibility with the voters. Yet none have been quite as dramatic as tonight’s sacking from the cabinet by the prime minister of defence secretary Gavin Williamson.

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