Boris Johnson is accused of lying over refit of Downing Street flat
The Electoral Commission has fined the Conservative Party for failing to declare donations to pay for the refurbishment of the…
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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.
Boris Johnson has lost the credibility to lead Britain through another Covid wave
His critics are right that he has little moral authority to demand new restrictions, but the answer is not to…
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Allegra Stratton is the latest scapegoat for Boris Johnson’s government of lies
Why would the Prime Minister deny that the party took place? Because in his world, lying is a legitimate and…
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Could the Downing Street party unravel Boris Johnson’s political career?
The old mantra recited by his followers – “he’s a winner” – is now heard less and less, and the…
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Boris Johnson’s attempt to shift the blame has only made him look worse
The Prime Minister gave a non-apology and claims to have known nothing about a party that took place in his…
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Boris Johnson announces Covid “Plan B” rules for England as Omicron variant spreads
The public will be advised to work from home from next week as Covid passports are introduced for large venues
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Timeline: all the lockdown breaches by politicians and government employees so far
Ministers, government advisers and their associates began breaching lockdown restrictions almost as soon as they were imposed.
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UK Covid cases are set to surge as the Prime Minister says the Omicron variant appears more transmissible
Boris Johnson may need to look at Covid Plan B after omicron cases rise 30 per cent in a day
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Tens of thousands of Afghans have been betrayed by our callous, brazen and shamelessly incompetent government
While it is too much to hope that Boris Johnson will resign, Dominic Raab would undoubtedly do so if he…
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Principled, powerful and precise – Angela Merkel is everything Boris Johnson could never be
It’s impossible to imagine Merkel indulging in puerile slanging matches with the French, seeking to curb the judiciary, or breaking…
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It’s time to free Boris Johnson from the misery of being Prime Minister
If the PM’s friends really cared about him, they’d help him to escape the hell of Downing Street. Why make…
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Commons Confidential: No Drama Starmer
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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LISTEN: Minister refuses six times to say if No 10 Downing Street had a Christmas party during December 2020 restrictions
Science minister George Freeman said he couldn’t say what happened in “a room I wasn’t at”.
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The last thing the government wants is another lockdown. It may have a problem
The Tories believe another shutdown would be a betrayal. But the Omicron variant could weaken their position.
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Humanity, not hostility, will solve the migrant crisis
Boris Johnson’s government could prevent Channel crossings with wit and moral imagination, but it has neither.
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Thangam Debbonaire interview: “Labour isn’t quite ready to win an election – but there is a shift”
The shadow leader of the House and Labour MP for Bristol West on opposing Jacob Rees-Mogg, Labour’s prospects of winning…
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Christmas lockdown questions grow as Omicron variant triggers restrictions
Boris Johnson announces temporary and “targeted” steps to contain new Covid strain but can’t promise Christmas will be normal.
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Could Boris Johnson survive another Christmas lockdown?
A new variant and rising cases across Europe could prompt the Prime Minister to impose harsher restrictions in the UK.…
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Priti Patel’s French snub suits everyone – except the people caught in the middle
Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron’s row may solve the political problem – but not the human one.
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Frosty French and British relations are at best childish, at worst deadly
While ministers grandstand, desperate people are preparing to make the dangerous journey across the sea
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