Ukrainian town to rename street in honour of ‘new hero’ Boris Johnson
The news was broken in an online post by a council official, who said the new name represented “new heroes”. Lesia Vasylenko, a Ukrainian MP, wrote after…
Endless inquiries are a waste of time
Tomorrow’s vote in the House of Commons on whether to refer the Prime Minister to the Committee of Privileges is the latest example of the proliferation of…
Under fire in the House, Boris summoned ghosts into the crowded spectral waiting room
“What I think the whole House would really rather do is get on with the things for which we were elected!” the PM yelled, more in hope…
Boris Johnson flies to India ahead of ‘dishonesty’ vote
Yet his intervention proved an outlier as most Tory MPs who spoke in the debate gave support to Mr Johnson, many citing the Ukraine war as the…
How much Boris Johnson was fined and what the law says about Covid fixed penalty notices
Meanwhile, the leaving party for two No 10 employees in Jan 2021 broke the rule banning individuals from meeting people socially with anyone outside of their household. …
Boris Johnson is not out of the woods
The decision of the Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, to allow a vote on whether the Prime Minister’s breach of lockdown regulations should be referred to the…
Saying sorry won’t be enough to save Boris Johnson from the voters’ wrath
What exactly is a “full-throated apology”, to which we were treated by Boris Johnson in the Commons? It is clearly better than a mealy-mouthed version uttered from…
Boris Johnson will not ‘publicly lecture’ India on Ukraine as he chases trade deal
The Prime Minister has announced the UK will stop importing Russian oil by the end of the year and will phase out Russian gas imports. Mr Johnson…
Tuesday morning news briefing: Whitehall demand to get back to offices
Meanwhile, Boris Johnson will offer a “full throated apology” to MPs today after being fined for breaking Covid laws as he attempts to head off a rebellion. …
Mrs Thatcher stood for something – this government exists in a moral vacuum
The thing I find most unbelievable about the latest Partygate story is not that Boris Johnson was at Lee Cain’s leaving do, but that he actually poured…
I don’t care about partygate. It’s time for a lockdown amnesty
Boris Johnson is expected to explain his partygate fines to Parliament tomorrow, in what some are calling a “constitutional crisis”. Strangely, I just don’t care. Not a…
Good will triumph over evil, says Boris Johnson as he addresses Ukrainians in Easter message
Good will triumph over evil, Boris Johnson has said as he directly addressed Ukrainian Christians in his Easter message. The Prime Minister said that Britain was bursting…
Boris Johnson accused of ‘instigating’ Downing Street lockdown party
“This wasn’t a leaving drinks – until the Prime Minister arrived,” a source told The Sunday Times. “This was the usual press office Friday evening wash-up drinks….
Sorry, Remainiacs, but Britain is far from the laughing stock of the world
In the cultured, metropolitan circles of contemporary Britain you are just as likely to find yourself in the midst of a stimulating conversation about a new opera…
Johnson and Sunak are turning into Blair and Brown
It is no secret, but all is not well between the prime minister and his chancellor. This time last week Rishi Sunak appeared to be the one…
Boris Johnson ‘airbrushed from local election leaflets like Jeremy Corbyn’
Salford City Conservatives proclaimed in a sponsored post last May: “Everyone wants a selfie with Boris.” However, the group no longer has a digital presence. Elsewhere, Mr…
Cochrane’s Scotland: Douglas Ross has a strong manifesto, but trouble down south is his handicap
The mess Sturgeon is making of governing and her lack of progress in getting what’s called “indyref” next year might just be the dual reasons why many…
The looming cost of living crisis spells political doom for Johnson
While all else is inflating away like there’s no tomorrow, there was at least one thing that could seemingly be relied on to provide a degree of…
Boris Johnson will survive Partygate fines. The question is whether he should
Not for the first time, Boris Johnson must envy Winston Churchill. There was a man who knew the privileges afforded to leadership in a crisis. When the…
Boris Johnson: Tens of thousands could be sent to Rwanda under asylum seeker relocation plan
The Prime Minister also signaled moves to end housing asylum seekers in expensive hotel accommodation by creating purpose-built Greek-style reception centres to hold illegal arrivals and expanding…
Only a coherent set of policies can save Boris Johnson
The prospect of Boris Johnson becoming the first Prime Minister to be fined for breaking the law was always said to be the moment of greatest danger…
What Boris Johnson must do if he is ever to recover from Partygate
Applicants to the Civil Service are, or at least were, always asked to analyse and report on a complex, but fictional, policy problem. The candidate is confronted…
Ruth Davidson: Boris Johnson ‘made a mockery’ of the public over ‘partygate’
Boris Johnson has “made a mockery” of the sacrifices of the British public during the Covid-19 pandemic and his determination to cling to office subverts democratic norms,…
Exclusive: Boris Johnson facing second ‘partygate’ fine over aide’s leaving event
A source close to the “partygate” investigation said the June 2020 birthday party event over which Mr Johnson was fined £50, and which he attended for less…
There is a certain poetic justice to the Partygate fines
It is entirely understandable that Boris Johnson should want to take a drink with friends and workmates at the end of the day. It is what we…