Does anyone actually care if Boris Johnson broke the rules?
The Christmas party scandal would only be significant when combined with the Barnard Castle, Owen Paterson and Downing Street refurbishment…
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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, better known as “Boris Johnson”, is a British politician. He is the former mayor of London and 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.
Ignore his lies: Boris Johnson is leading an assault on British democracy
This government is undermining the foundations of a free society. Look to Warsaw to see where that can lead.
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We all know what Boris Johnson’s emergency address was really about – and it wasn’t Covid boosters
The perception that the government is making Omicron announcements to distract from the Prime Minister’s woes will further antagonise Tory…
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Boris Johnson’s toxic Brexit is poisoning relations with France
The Prime Minister and French President Emmanuel Macron can't stand each other, but the real damage is from Brexit.
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Could these be the last days of Boris Johnson?
The Prime Minister’s account of events has been thrown into doubt by the Electoral Commission’s investigation into his flat’s refurbishment…
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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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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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