Boris Johnson’s allies rally to his defence as one former minister says he ‘will not defend the indefensible’ Four more Conservative MPs called for Boris Johnson to resign on Thursday over lockdown-breaking parties, as Downing Street sought to contain the political aftermath of the Sue Gray report. The prime minister’s […]
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PM says he takes full responsibility but insists it never occurred to him the gatherings he attended broke rules Boris Johnson has insisted he was oblivious to a culture of excessive drinking and partying in Downing Street during lockdown, despite a damning report laying bare a litany of rule-breaking behaviour […]
Families speak out after the attack: ‘I’ll never forget that smile’ Gunman sent private messages about attack on Facebook Beto O’Rourke confronts Abbott: ‘You are doing nothing’ ‘Just a loving little boy’: the victims of the Texas school shooting World reacts with horror and incomprehension to Texas shooting Why can’t […]
Wine stains, puke and brawling at No 10 – none of the details in Sue Gray’s report are enough to flush out a PM devoid of shame Well, there we had it. It had been heavily briefed that Boris Johnson would be the model of remorse for his statement to […]
Many Conservative MPs frustrated with PM’s inability to strike right tone, but few speak publicly against him The plot against Boris Johnson could hardly be more different from the sound and fury that characterised the one against Theresa May, which took place in crammed and sweaty meeting rooms and with […]
Many front pages take Boris Johnson to task for the lockdown-busting gatherings, but others try to draw a line under the affair The front pages of the British newspapers offer very contrasting shades of Gray in their handling of the report into the Partygate scandal and its implications for Boris […]
Measures could be announced as soon as Thursday as households face price cap rise of more than £800 Rishi Sunak is scrambling to finalise a package of measures that could be announced as soon as Thursday aimed at alleviating the cost of living crisis, after the energy regulator said annual […]
President called for ‘common sense’ legislation in emotional speech 19 children and two adults killed in shooting, says Texas official Gunman, 18, was reportedly shot and killed by responding officers The second US mass shooting in 10 days, which left 14 young children and a teacher dead at a Texas […]
Kevin Hollinrake insists opposition to scheme to accommodate 1,500 people at former RAF base is not about nimbyism or racism A Conservative MP has accused the Home Office of using his North Yorkshire constituency as a “sacrificial lamb for national policy”, as a controversial accommodation centre for 1,500 asylum seekers […]
The former president had sought to oust the governor as part of his crusade to punish those involved in his 2020 defeat Georgia governor Brian Kemp won the state’s Republican primary for governor on Tuesday, easily overcoming a challenge from former senator David Perdue in a stinging setback for Donald […]