Boris Johnson has insisted upon loyalty. His right hand man, Dominic Cummings, is whipping ministerial advisers into line. This situation is a far cry from the era of hung parliaments, when the cabinet re-emerged as a force to be reckoned with. Yet cabinet government is not dead, it is merely sleeping. It shall awake when circumstances are conducive. The experience of Thatcher, that most domineering of PMs, should serve as a warning sign to those who choose to ignore their cabinet. After all, her own cabinet effectively signed off her on downfall.

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