Mr Boris Johnson, Britain's new Prime Minister, enjoys one great advantage upon assuming office: His ruling Conservative Party MPs and rank-and-file members are so exhausted after years of internal bickering that they are desperate to see their new leader succeed.
But almost all the other odds are stacked against Mr Johnson.
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