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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.
Imagine if Boris Johnson was still prime minister
Tory MPs can feel vindicated by the return of partygate, but Rishi Sunak lacks answers to the bigger question of…
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An insider’s tale of Tory chaos
Whips, a parliamentary romp by the former No 10 adviser Cleo Watson, is fact barely disguised as fiction.
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Boris Johnson (still) thinks his ego is worth dividing the Tories for
He’d rather blame yet another police referral on political enemies than leave politics.
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Sunak is too busy firefighting in his own party to govern
Boris Johnson and Suella Braverman are headaches that just will not go away.
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Will Jeremy Corbyn agree to step aside in Islington North?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The Tory right is reaching new heights of self-delusion
The more unpopular the Conservatives become, the more they lash out at imaginary enemies.
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Could disgruntled Tories really topple Rishi Sunak?
Boris Johnson’s allies are openly blaming No 10 for losses in the local elections – but yet another leadership race…
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Death rattle conservatism
The NatCons are poised to capture a party in terminal decline.
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Is Keir Starmer the heir to Boris Johnson?
The Tories’ 2019 victory was due to the popularity of their policies, not their leader. Labour could use the same…
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Plumbing the depths of Boris Johnson’s incompetence
Anthony Seldon’s account of Johnson’s time in Downing Street confirms he was hopelessly out of his depth.
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Westminster is broken
Ian Dunt’s new book reveals Britain as a country of inept civil servants, deluded ministers, blinkered journalists and unscrutinised power.
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Can the BBC recover from Richard Sharp’s disastrous chairmanship?
The broadcaster is at the centre of a battle for the soul of the British media.
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Is Richard Sharp toast?
Apparently, the BBC chairman has barely been seen around Broadcasting House.
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Commons investigation suggests Sunak is continuity Boris Johnson
Despite Tory attempts to move beyond its reputation for sleaze, it keeps falling into trouble with parliamentary standards.
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Charles is proving a political king – and we should be grateful
The King is trying to repair the damage that successive Tory governments have done to the UK’s global standing and…
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Boris Johnson the clown’s first encore
Before the parliamentary Privileges Committee, he hunched his shoulders like an actor playing Churchill. But the music had stopped. The…
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Rishi Sunak is continually being tested on Tory sleaze
As trust in politicians hits a seven-year low, the PM is dogged by his predecessors’ peerage nominations and the scandal…
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I have little love for Boris Johnson and am mortified to realise we have traits in common
Amid the greased piglet’s bluster, bloviating and shameless evasions, I see something terribly familiar.
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Does Boris Johnson think he’s a good person?
I broke lockdown rules too – lots of us did – but at least I can acknowledge my selfishness and…
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