Boris Johnson: the verdict
The Privileges Committee has found the former PM lied to MPs.
Boris Johnson
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 wants leniency no one else is getting
The former PM’s response to the Privileges Committee report on partygate is an insult to the public and parliament.
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The partygate report is as bad as it could have been
The Privileges Committee’s conclusions are a searing indictment of Boris Johnson’s character.
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Some posh boys lied to Nadine Dorries, but not the one she thinks
The Tory MP for Mid Bedfordshire seems to consider her lack of a peerage a scandal of national importance.
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The tug of war over Boris Johnson’s honours list is also a contest for favour from the Tory press
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The fall of the unpopular populist
Boris Johnson refusal to face a potential by-election is a reflection of his diminished standing.
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How Deep England fell out of love with Boris Johnson
The disgraced former prime minister is not welcome among his new neighbours in rural Oxfordshire.
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The humiliation of the populists
Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon have both been undone by democracy.
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It’s time for Rishi Sunak to get ruthless with Boris Johnson
The Prime Minister should make clear there is no way back for his disgraced predecessor.
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The delusions of the Johnsonian right
The former PM’s acolytes see the world as they would like it to be – not as it is.
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Labour and the Lib Dems need a non-aggression pact for the by-elections
A split in the anti-Conservative vote in Mid Bedfordshire could allow the Tories to cling on.
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The Johnson Restoration now seems an impossible dream
Could Rishi Sunak prevent the former PM from standing in a different seat before the election?
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Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson’s other enablers should never be forgiven
It was Sunak who helped the great con man of British politics secure the Tory party leadership.
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The Conservatives must finally move on from Boris Johnson
Johnson was never fit to be prime minister – the Tories should put him and his legacy behind them.
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Boris Johnson won’t be back
He has never been a man with a plan, rather an optimistic narcissist who believes something may turn up.
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What now for Boris Johnson and the Conservatives?
Rishi Sunak must now contend with two by-elections and a renewed Tory civil war.
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Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list will be the final insult
The likes of Paul Dacre, Nadine Dorries and the wife of a former Putin minister are set to be rewarded…
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Rishi Sunak must stop trying to appease Boris Johnson
In trying and failing to satisfy Johnson’s supporters over the Covid inquiry, the Prime Minister has only made himself look…
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The Covid inquiry will haunt the Conservatives for years
Current and former Tory ministers could be going in and out of public hearings about the pandemic response until 2026.
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If the Tories are the party for hard-working people, why are they so spectacularly lazy?
For the past 13 years, Britain has been run by people who fundamentally can’t be bothered.
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