Wakefield by-election: Is Boris Johnson turning Red Wall voters back to Labour?
Recapturing the Tory-held seat has become a symbolic test of Keir Starmer’s chance of ever forming a Labour government.
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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.
Will Boris Johnson face another no-confidence vote this year?
Some Tory rebels wonder what might have been had they waited two weeks.
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Can anyone make UK politics ethical again?
Perhaps the only way to ensure that ethics govern public life is not to let disgraceful charlatans like Boris Johnson…
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Why did Christopher Geidt dither over his resignation?
The Prime Minister’s former ethics adviser decided to quit his role not over partygate, but rather obscure steel tariffs.
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Who in their right mind would replace Christopher Geidt?
It’s difficult to be an ethics adviser to a man with no interest in being ethical.
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What does Christopher Geidt’s resignation mean for Labour?
The departure of the Prime Minister’s ethics adviser could hasten the loss of one of the opposition’s best assets: Boris…
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PMQs: Keir Starmer dodges the Rwanda trap
The Labour leader avoided a row over deportations and doubled down on the issue likely to dominate the next general…
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Team Truss are already truffling for a second no-confidence vote
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Leader: Time for anti-Tory tactical voting
The by-elections on 23 June are a chance to send a message to the sycophants who sustain Boris Johnson’s leadership.
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Boris Johnson’s government may never have intended the Rwanda flight to take off
As a source close to government thinking put it: “The point of the exercise was to create dividing lines ahead…
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Britain is once again the sick man of Europe
The UK is predicted to record the worst economic growth of any major country except Russia next year. What has…
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Graham Brady’s Diary: What the press got wrong about the confidence vote, and my very odd kind of celebrity
Press reports on how close I was to hearing from the requisite 54 Conservative MPs were almost always wide of…
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Boris Johnson may live to regret picking a fight over the Northern Ireland protocol
Voters have more pressing concerns on their minds than squabbles with the EU over Brexit.
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Boris Johnson’s food strategy fails to address food poverty and the cost-of-living crisis
Instead of tackling the root causes of poor diets, the government places responsibility for healthy eating on individuals.
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George Useless’s food strategy is out of touch
No one ever asked for heated glasshouses or more venison.
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Why is Boris Johnson’s government determined to send us back in time?
Blue passports, grammar schools, imperial measurements – the aim isn’t to fix the country, but to remind the over-50s of…
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Why Tory leadership contenders should wield the knife against Boris Johnson
The claim that direct challengers to a leader never win the crown is a myth.
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Short-term wins on levelling up will only lead to long-term losses
Opaque distribution of funding is putting the government's flagship policy agenda at risk.
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Has Boris Johnson escaped yet again?
In Westminster, as his leadership rivals go quiet, the Prime Minister limps on as if the confidence vote never happened.
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Boris Johnson’s futile policy announcement is no answer to the housing crisis
Trapped in a cycle of repeat failed solutions, the government resurrects policy from the past.
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