Downing Street source says ‘he wants to stay and fight’ despite interventions from ministers including Shapps and Patel • Politics live blog Boris Johnson was locked in an unprecedented standoff with his own cabinet on Wednesday, as he clung to power after an extraordinary day that saw more than 40 […]
Month: July 2022
A defiant prime minister may try to hold a general election to buy himself more time UK politics: live updates Boris Johnson already knew more of his cabinet ministers wanted him gone before he went to face his MPs at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday. Michael Gove, the levelling up […]
Word from No 10 bunker goes out to the Tory trenches but even the diehards know that the party’s one-time hero has to go A blood-curdling vow to fight to the death, despair among Tory grandees at the impending loss of their champion, and incredulity that Boris Johnson is still […]
As the PM struggles to keep his job, we look at the rules and conventions that apply • All the latest developments – live It seems likely, perhaps even inevitable, that Boris Johnson will resign as prime minister or be forced out within days. Here is what could follow. Continue […]
Keir Starmer was in lethal form against the PM and Sajid Javid, despite oratorical deficiencies, was hardly less deadly The Sky News helicopter hovered above Westminster. The constant thrum an insistent death knell for any incumbent prime minister. Down below, a steady stream of junior ministers and parliamentary private secretaries […]
Damning letters from health secretary and chancellor as they resign within minutes of each other Politics latest – live Boris Johnson’s premiership was on the brink of collapse after the chancellor, the health secretary and a string of Conservative aides dramatically quit, dealing a crushing blow to his authority after […]
The front pages are almost unanimous in declaring that the prime minister’s time in No 10 could be up soon After limping along in the wake of the Partygate investigation, multiple sex scandals and successive policy failures, Boris Johnson is approaching the endgame of his time in Downing Street, according […]
Over the last few days, ministers have tired of defending PM over Pincher while even MPs in safe seats feel doomed Politics live blog Rishi Sunak called the prime minister only moments before he went public with his decision to quit. He had told only his closest aides about his […]
This cabinet of accomplices has calculated that loyalty is doing their careers more harm than good What took them so long? The chancellor and the health secretary have gone. Others may have jumped before the ink is dry on this, kicking themselves for not taking the lead as this cabinet […]
Analysis: while Javid and Sunak resignations did not lead to deluge of other departures, many in party believe end is nigh for PM Politics latest – live Full story: Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak quit It was the blow to Boris Johnson that every one of his backbench critics had […]