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" ... As former deputy PM Nick Clegg puts it, the referendum was about "offering red-meat on the bone" to Tory backbenchers, or as Cameron calls them “the rebellion,” to the same-sex marriage act. ... "
" ... For all the bounce and swagger that “Brand Boris” brings the reality is that he has a working majority of just four—including the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MPs who support the government. This situation will become more difficult as it will fall to three after a by-election on August 1. Therefore, a small rebellion by Conservative backbenchers to defeat him in the Commons could derail his premiership. ... "
" ... New Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s threats reveal negotiating weakness -- vis-à-vis both the EU and parliament -- more than the risk of a hard, no-deal Brexit. With a one-seat majority and much opposition within the coalition he leads, Johnson does not have the support to force a no-deal Brexit. Indeed, as reflected below, the Johnson government's level of Institutional Support Risk is just as high as during the waning days of Theresa May. Johnson has suggested calling an election to rally the public and compel his backbenchers to support a hard Brexit, ostensibly to strengthen him in negotiations vis-a-vis the EU. But a by-election this week in Wales demonstrated that a general election will probably not help. The Conservative Party lost a seat it had won by more than 8,000 votes in 2017 as the party system fragmentation handed the district to the thoroughly anti-Brexit Liberal Democratic Party. ... "
" ... On his return, he voted twice with the government to defeat a Labour motion to increase the amount of time allotted to backbenchers’ legislation. The vote carried a three-line whip from the government and so with such limited power in the House of Commons, the government needed every vote it could muster. ... "