The Lib Dems name their price for a deal with Labour
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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, better known as “Boris Johnson”, is a British politician. He is a member of parliament, the former mayor of London, the former prime minister of the United Kingdom between July 2019 and September 2022, and the former leader of the Conservative Party. Johnson studied at Eton College and then read classics at Balliol College at the University of Oxford. He has also worked as a journalist with different publications, such as the Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Spectator. Find all our latest news, comment and analysis on the former prime minister here.
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The Conservatives are in trouble. The overwhelming likelihood is that Keir Starmer will be the next prime minister.
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Michael Howard’s Diary: Why I have no regrets over calling for Boris Johnson to resign
Oliver Dowden standing down as Conservative Party chair was a brave step and I didn’t want him to seem isolated.
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Joe Biden “dislikes Boris Johnson for his racist treatment of Obama”
Professor Sarah Churchwell said that the US president and Kamala Harris, his vice-president, distrust the Prime Minister.
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The Metropolitan Police protects the powerful
Power doesn’t just corrupt those at the top – it prejudices the institutions that should keep them in line too.
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Liz Truss’s Northern Ireland bill is all about her
The Foreign Secretary needs to burnish her Brexiteer credentials for a leadership bid.
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Boris Johnson is struggling to shift the blame for a summer of strikes
Taking a firm stance on Ukraine at the G7 summit won’t save the Prime Minister from mounting difficulties at home.
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Does Tory defeat in Wakefield spell the end of “levelling up”?
Last week's Northern Research Group conference seemed to promise a brighter future.
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The informal Labour-Lib Dem alliance could doom the Tories
If the unspoken pact between the parties holds at a general election, the Conservatives face dramatic losses.
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The Lib Dems hold the key to getting rid of Boris Johnson
If we can win in a Conservative seat as safe as Tiverton and Honiton, we can win in dozens of…
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Who in the cabinet has the courage to challenge Boris Johnson?
What the Tory rebellion has lacked all along is a Michael Heseltine-style figure.
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Will the Tories’ humiliating by-election defeats reignite the campaign to oust Boris Johnson?
The resignation of Conservative chairman Oliver Dowden shows the increasing unease at the top of the party.
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Shadow ministers rail against Starmer’s picket-line ban
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Is Boris Johnson ditching nature to save his skin?
The Prime Minister appears to be giving in to small-government Tories who want him to ditch policies aimed at protecting…
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PMQs today: Starmer turns the strikes to his advantage
The Labour leader is using industrial action as a chance to frame the Tories as the party of the rich.
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Leader: A conspiracy of silence over Brexit
The Tories boast that Brexit is done, but only now are the consequences of No 10’s “oven-ready deal” becoming clear.
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Boris Johnson will use the strikes to mount a comeback and torment the Labour Party
A wave of public sector strikes is an issue big enough to prompt the Conservatives to trigger a snap general…
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Tories won’t win if they play games with strikes
If the country endures a summer of disruption, the party in power will surely take most of the blame.
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Of course the rail strikes are Labour’s fault. Everything is
As the Tories’ grip weakens, the government’s default response to crisis is to blame it on the opposition.
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Exclusive polling: How the Greens supplanted the Tories as the party of the countryside
Rural voters in England have traditionally supported the Conservative Party. Could this be about to change?
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