Boris Johnson

Rishi Sunak failed to turn up to the vote on the Partygate report in the Commons tonight, which saw Boris Johnson face a crushing defeat from MPs marking the former PM's spectacular downfall History will remember the five UK Conservative Prime Ministers since 2010 as arguably our most inept series…

The House of Commons has voted to back a report saying Boris Johnson misled MPs over parties held during lockdown at Downing Street. MPs voted in favour of the report, which was written up by the Privileges Committee, by 354 votes to seven. It recommended the former prime minister be…

1687184154Tory civil war set to escalate amid Partygate debate Rishi Sunak’s hopes of defusing a Tory civil war over the Privileges Committee report look set to be dashed today when a series of Conservative MPs will make clear their intention to back the 90-day suspension of Boris Johnson. The Levelling…

10:36PM That's all for today... Thank you for joining me on a dramatic day in Westminster as MPs overwhelmingly voted in favour of the privileges committee’s decision to heavily punish Boris Johnson over partygate. While Mr Johnson quit as an MP before the recommended 90-day suspension could receive the green…

There is a Jamaican nugget of wisdom: “If yu cyaan ’ear, yu mus’ feel.” It translates to “those that don’t hear must feel”: in other words, if you fail to learn from caution you end up learning from consequence. Had Britain “heard” the screams of caution from Black people about…

Liz Truss says 'never ever write Boris off'The Partygate scandal had been dangling over Boris Johnson’s head for over a year. The Privileges Committee’s damning report dropped last week, and he now finds himself not only out of a premiership, but out of Parliament. Speculation as to his next move…

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Boris Johnson was forced to quit as prime minister last July due to 'Partygate' and a string of other scandals - Copyright PRU/AFP - Helen ROWE British MPs vote Monday on a damning report that found ex-prime minister Boris Johnson deliberately lied to parliament about lockdown-breaking parties, in what the…

00:47 A Partygate video appearing to show Tory staff drinking, dancing and joking about “bending” Covid lockdown rules has emerged, just days after Boris Johnson was found to have lied about rules being followed. One man can be heard saying: “As long as we don’t stream that we’re like, bending…