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First sighting of "Will Johnson restore cabinet govt?" QTWTAIN spectator.co.uk/2019/07/will-c…
As @JGForsyth points out, lots of PMs have done it: Major, Brown, Cameron and May all promised to "restore" the mythical beast
But "cabinet govt" hasn't meant most decisions made by full cab for 100+ years; it means cab cttees with rare disagreement going to full cab (IMF bailout, Brexit)
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