Boris Johnson’s Future: A Philosophical Exercise for Wavering Tory MPs
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Boris Johnson’s Future: A Philosophical Exercise for Wavering Tory MPs

The Quint  

Conservative MPs have to ask themselves whether, if rights entail responsibilities, the standards to which we hold those who claim weighty rights like those of being prime minister should not be held to a weighty and strict set of responsibilities. Maybe Conservative MPs could say that these arguments apply to prisoners but do not apply in the case of Johnson. One of the most influential arguments in the prisoner voting debate is the claim that the integrity of the democratic process needs to be protected from those who would abuse it. If this argument has any merit, it surely applies much more strongly when the influence the offender has on the democratic process is as great as that given to a prime minister.

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