How dangerous are the partygate photos for Boris Johnson?
The Prime Minister’s popularity has already taken a severe hit – and worse could lie ahead.
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Boris Johnson hasn’t got the “big calls” right
Brexit, Covid and Ukraine all reveal further failures by the Prime Minister, not successes.
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Partygate is over – and Boris Johnson is safe again
The Prime Minister’s avoidance of a second police fine makes the prospect of a Tory revolt against him even more…
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Why Boris Johnson can’t escape responsibility for 126 fines
The Met might have bought his lies – but the court of public opinion begs to differ.
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What if Keir Starmer’s gamble backfires?
Grabbing the moral high ground over “beergate” was a dramatic move. But it could cost Labour.
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Politicians are paying the price for their own absurd Covid rules
The grimmest discrepancy isn’t between Johnson and Starmer, it’s between them and us.
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Beergate investigation puts Keir Starmer in a tricky position
The Labour leaders’s repeated calls for Boris Johnson to resign over Downing Street parties have come back to haunt him.
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Why not make Boris Johnson testify about partygate under oath?
Select committees rarely administer the oath to witnesses, but in the case of whether the Prime Minister misled MPs there…
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Boris Johnson can no longer take the voters for fools
The public have rumbled the Prime Minister – his populist gimmicks and rabble-rousing rhetoric simply won’t work anymore.
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Britain’s humiliation over partygate is now complete
The only thing more embarrassing than having a prime minister behave as Boris Johnson did is him getting away with…
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Where are the decent Tories prepared to oust Boris Johnson?
As every day passes, Conservative MPs become further complicit with a Prime Minister who broke the law in office.
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The Ukraine war is an ugly excuse for keeping Boris Johnson in power
It's not just disrespectful, it's unfounded; numerous PMs have been removed during wartime.
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No 10 is at war with Rishi Sunak – and it’s not clear he knows
By failing to resign on his own terms, the Chancellor has given Boris Johnson the opportunity to sack him.
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Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak broke the law over lockdown parties
Can the Prime Minister and the Chancellor possibly survive?
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Wars require momentum, as the campaign to oust Boris Johnson shows
Every day, Western allies have the power to tilt the odds of war more strongly in Ukraine’s favour. They are…
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Will Boris Johnson survive the return of partygate?
The number of fines imposed by the Met could grow, and so too could calls for the Prime Minister’s resignation.
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Why Boris Johnson’s partygate headache isn’t over yet
Once the police investigation concludes, Tory MPs could turn against the Prime Minister as quickly as they unified behind him.
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From lockdown to Lebedev, Boris Johnson’s party addiction tells us everything
It's about privilege and power, not just pleasure.
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Has the Ukraine crisis saved Boris Johnson?
Since Russia invaded, the Prime Minister’s approval ratings have surged to levels not seen since before partygate.
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Is Labour still calling for Boris Johnson to resign?
Confusion reigns as Keir Starmer refuses to repeat his call for Johnson to go, but a party spokesperson insists nothing…
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