France cancels Priti Patel meeting as Brexit tensions deepen migrant crisis
Toxic relations between Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron risk complicating efforts to save lives.
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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.
Why are Downing Street and the Treasury at war?
Tensions between No 10 and Rishi Sunak are being reported in nearly all the papers.
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Boris Johnson claims government could not have invented Peppa Pig – despite £60m government fund to come up with “the next Peppa Pig”
Making a pig’s ear of it.
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Boris Johnson is finding out that being Prime Minister isn’t so easy after all
Johnson is great at campaigning but terrible at government. The Tories know it and the public will find out too.
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As Tory MPs revolt over social care, is Boris Johnson losing his grip?
If 13 more Conservatives had chosen to vote against the bill, the government would have suffered a major defeat on…
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Is Boris Johnson losing his way?
A rambling speech at the CBI suggests the Prime Minister needs a new trick to soothe ill feeling among his…
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Downing Street wants you to know it’s not suing over PM marriage trouble claims…
… which definitely aren't true.
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LISTEN: Keir Starmer refuses five times to say whether Jeremy Corbyn would have been a better prime minister than Boris Johnson
Asked repeatedly on a radio interview whether he would prefer his predecessor in No 10, the Labour leader avoided the…
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The hidden cost for Boris Johnson’s government of scrapping HS2 plans
The cry to “just spend the money on improving local railways” sounds electorally appealing, but comes with its own problems.
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Commons Confidential: Sunak spies an opportunity
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Does Boris Johnson’s plan for banning MPs’ second jobs actually fix anything?
The Prime Minister wants to make the story go away and stop Labour outflanking him. He may not achieve either…
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Will Boris Johnson’s proposals on MPs’ second jobs end the sleaze row?
The Prime Minister’s bid to steal a march on Keir Starmer risks further antagonising Tory backbenchers.
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Chris Bryant interview: “Labour should put the ministerial code into law”
The Labour MP and standards committee chair on how his party should respond to the MP corruption scandal and why…
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Northern papers unite to condemn Boris Johnson’s rail betrayal
The titles coordinate to warn the government not to abandon the “levelling-up” agenda in the Red Wall.
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Labour now leads the Tories in most polls – but it should avoid celebration
Current polling owes more to Tory weakness than it does to Labour strength.
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Will there be another Christmas lockdown? Boris Johnson can’t rule one out
The PM’s cautious messaging shows he is keen not to overpromise and underdeliver.
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UK raises terror threat level to “severe”. What does this mean?
A further terrorist attack is now regarded as “highly likely” by the independent Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre.
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Why Boris Johnson’s departure could make a Labour government even less likely
By replacing Johnson with the more popular and competent Rishi Sunak, the Tories could once more renew themselves.
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Boris Johnson risks making “murder respectable” with claim Cop26 spells the end of coal
Alok Sharma admitted the diluted coal pledge was disappointing despite the PM's claim it makes no difference
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Want to know who the real metropolitan elite are? Look at the Tory sleaze row
A certain type of right-winger is genuinely capable of believing that £82,000 isn’t enough to raise a family on, while…
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