Can Labour make lasting gains from Boris Johnson’s text messages?
Stephen Bush and Ailbhe Rea discuss the Prime Minister's texts to James Dyson and Mohammed bin Salman, and whether Keir…
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.
Armando Iannucci on Boris Johnson, The Thick of It and the rule of six
The satirist, writer and film director joins Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea on the New Statesman podcast.
The vaccine passport debate tells us more about Boris Johnson than government policy
Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the latest UK politics news on the New Statesman podcast.
Why Boris Johnson is dangerously similar to Donald Trump
The Prime Minister and the US president are both unprincipled demagogues who have subverted democratic norms.
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Donald Trump’s defeat shows how Boris Johnson’s new Conservatives can be beaten
The right’s new fusion of prejudice and public spending only works for so long. People want a decent and tolerant society.
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20 biggest mistakes made by Boris Johnson’s government during the Covid-19 crisis
Twenty reasons why the Prime Minister’s performance meant the UK entered a second lockdown in far worse shape than during the first.
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Boris Johnson’s autumn of discontent
The Tories turned to Johnson, in spite of his flaws, because they knew he was a winner. But high office…
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How Berlusconi became a model for Britain
The new age of machismo.
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Why the London Bridge attack is a challenge for Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson
Jeremy Corbyn delivered a speech on two subjects that have a ready audience among a British public that is still…
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Is Boris Johnson repeating one of Theresa May’s campaign errors?
The Prime Minister has been accused of snubbing local newspaper journalists on a visit to a key Midlands marginal.
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Why ITV should be allowed to air a head-to-head debate between Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson alone
From an editorial standpoint at least, I struggle to see the case for including Jo Swinson.
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What Boris Johnson’s row with Angela Merkel really means
Despite the spin, the conversation that Downing Street is using as a pretence to collapse negotiations is neither new nor…
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The guilty men of Brexit, Churchill, Boris Johnson, and the “bullseye of disaster”
The xenophobia during the EU referendum campaign was loathsome.
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The Churchill Factor: “One man who made history” by another who just makes it up
Reading Johnson’s The Churchill Factor is like “being harangued for hours by Bertie Wooster” writes Richard J Evans.
ByCoalition’s housing benefit plans under fire
The storm over the government's housing reforms rolls on, after Boris Johnson warned against "Kosovo-style social cleansing" of poor people…
ByRivals Johnson and Cameron in fresh divide
Conservative leadership oppose Boris Johnson on Crossrail and greater mayoral powers
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