Sometimes politicians are brought down by a single, catastrophic event – like David Cameron’s Brexit referendum.
More often not, it is a series of soft blows from the opposition, punch after punch until you are on the ropes and one last swipe – like Margaret Thatcher’s council tax debacle – is the knockout.
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