Boris Johnson
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The Conservative Party of the United Kingdom (UK) has been hit by several allegations that top members placed bets on the general election date, scheduled for July 4, dealing a fresh blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is struggling to regain the trust of the public. Nick Mason, the Tory Party’s chief data officer,…
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As Rishi Sunak prepares to face down the rebels in his party proposing amendments to his “toughest ever” Rwanda legislation, his predecessor but one has come out of the woodwork to add fuel to the fire. In the last few minutes, Boris Johnson has announced his support for amendments proposed by right-wingers in the party…
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Johnson apologises to victims – as four people removed from room Moments after being sworn in, Boris Johnson begins speaking and tells the inquiry he is “glad”. He starts to say “how sorry I am for the pain and the loss” – before he is interrupted by the inquiry chair. “Please sit down,” she tells…
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‘Strong arguments’ against going into lockdown ‘too early’ in March 2020 Boris Johnson says the issue of the timing of national lockdowns was “clearly something that we considered very hard at the time”. He adds there were “strong arguments against going too early into lockdown”, especially when it came to the first lockdown called in…
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For the bereaved families attending the hearing and beyond, a lot hangs on the manner of Boris Johnson’s apology as well as the fact of it. In the inquiry room he apologised just for their experience of COVID – their “pain, loss and suffering”. In a section of his witness statement – which we will…
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In his latest column for the Daily Mail, Boris Johnson has criticised NATO for not giving Ukraine clear guidance on when they can join the alliance. The former prime minister said Kyiv had done more than enough to demonstrate its fitness for NATO membership and that “no country is in greater need of NATO membership”.…
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Grant Shapps has apologised after “inadvertently” airbrushing Boris Johnson out of a photo on social media. The Business Secretary was accused of removing the ex-prime minister from a snap with the Virgin Orbit aircraft taken back in June 2022, and posted again ahead of its launch from Cornwall. In the now-deleted tweet, Shapps wrote on Twitter: “The…
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With the Conservative government seemingly in a never-ending hellish cycle of crises, the online encyclopedia now has two separate entries for “UK government crisis” to differentiate the two in 2022. Earlier this year it was the turn of then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson to put the UK through the first of 2022’s government crises when he…
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International Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt has announced she is standing to become the next Conservative Party leader and prime minister. The Portsmouth North MP announced her bid for the leadership on Sunday morning, making her the ninth candidate to put their name forward. In a video promoting her candidacy, she said: “Our leadership has to…
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Boris and Carrie Johnson are no longer planning to host a wedding party at Chequers, which was reportedly to be held at the property despite the British Prime Minister entering his final days in office as caretaker leader. The pair married in a low-key, private ceremony at Westminster Cathedral last year. A small group of…
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Boris Johnson forgot he had been directly told an investigation was held into Chris Pincher’s behaviour, No.10 has claimed. The prime minister is under mounting pressure over his decision to appoint close ally Chris Pincher to the job of deputy chief whip. Downing Street’s explanation has changed over the course of the last five days. A…
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Vladimir Putin is “evil”, Boris Johnson said as UK ministers stepped up their personal attacks on the Russian president. “I think that what he has done is evil,” the Prime Minister told GB News at the NATO Summit in Madrid. Asked if Putin himself is evil after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this year, Mr Johnson…
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Tory MPs Tobias Ellwood and Anthony Mangnall have called for the resignation of Boris Johnson today, with both revealing they will send in letters of no-confidence in the Prime Minister’s leadership of the Tory party. Ellwood, who is MP for Bournemouth East and chair of the Defence Select Committee, said it was “time to resolve…
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According to a report from the Independent, United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson will visit the Russian-Ukraine region in the coming days in an effort to “ramp up deterrence [and] avoid bloodshed” amid growing concerns. The report details that Johnson will “accelerate diplomatic efforts” during his trip and speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the…
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Several senior Tories have called for the removal of Boris Johnson as prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party. It follows allegations that he and his staff at 10 Downing Street broke Covid rules by holding parties. For Mr Johnson to be forced from office, Conservative MPs need to bring about a vote of…
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday praised the “colossal” effort to airlift civilians from Kabul, as U.K. troops and diplomats flew home after the two-week mission, ending 20 years of British military involvement in Afghanistan. In a video message, Johnson praised the “colossal exertions” of British troops engaged in “a mission unlike anything we’ve…
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