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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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.
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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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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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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