PM retains support of most colleagues but badly weakened after result in which 148 MPs voted against him Boris Johnson was clinging to his premiership on Monday night after 148 of his MPs voted to oust him from Downing Street in a ballot that exposed potentially fatal rifts within his […]
Year: 2022
Only the most stridently supportive titles stand vocally behind prime minister after 41% of his own MPs vote for his removal A haunted-looking Boris Johnson stares out from the front pages of many of the papers after a dramatic night of Conservative party bloodletting at Westminster. The prime minister is […]
Even the PM’s allies concede it’s ‘the beginning of the end’ after 40% of MPs decline to support leader Tory rebels have vowed to keep trying to force Boris Johnson from office, as the prime minister’s allies admitted he was reaching “the beginning of the end” after a devastating result […]
The prime minister is damaged; so are the country and his party. His relief will not be long-lived After a snap contest whose abbreviated timetable was tailored to his advantage, Boris Johnson won the vote of confidence tonight only by 211 to 148 votes, with all 359 Conservative MPs casting […]
Prime minister has won the vote but lost his leadership after Tories finally turn on him in large numbers Only last week every cabinet minister was insisting that there would not be a vote of no confidence in Boris Johnson. That such an idea was pure media confection. Imagine their […]
M270 launch systems have 50-mile range and can target Russian artillery that has been attacking cities in eastern Ukraine Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Britain is to supply long-range rocket artillery to Ukraine, despite a threat on Sunday from Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, to bomb fresh targets if similar weapons from […]
In a message at the climax of celebrations, monarch acknowledges her fragility but commits to continue her reign The Queen crowned her historic platinum jubilee celebrations with a last-minute appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on Sunday, bringing to a close four days of festivities that revealed not only […]
PM will launch last-ditch attempt this week to win over critics in Tory ranks with health and housing policy announcements Boris Johnson’s allies will switch their focus to winning a vote of no confidence, after conceding that they now have little chance of stopping one being triggered. The prime minister […]
This was never going to be an occasion short of lasting images. Perhaps the most memorable from a night Wales will always treasure was the sight of Gareth Bale singing along to Yma o Hyd as the entire squad, some wearing tricolour bucket hats that are a nod to their […]
New York-born Such played bass for American rock band in its 1980s heyday Alec John Such, the bassist and a founding member of Bon Jovi, has died. He was 70. Jon Bon Jovi on Sunday announced the death of Such, the New Jersey rock band’s bassist from 1983 to 1994. […]