"This would activate the Queen. Lascelles Principles will direct her to decline his request for a dissolution. She then is left with the choice to dismiss him or not."
— Boris Johnson

January 1, 1970

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Jack Hadfield, history correspondent and deputy diary editor of The Times, on the hypothetical scenario that Johnson would lose a vote of no confidence but refuse to resign. Twitter (6 July 2022). As quoted in Vanity Fair.