Boris Johnson

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…

Senior British minister Michael Gove on Sunday described a video showing a party at the ruling Conservative Party’s headquarters during a lockdown in 2020 as “terrible”, as Covid rule-breaking gatherings continue to hang over the government. The video was published by the Mirror newspaper just days after a parliamentary committee…

Former prime minister Boris Johnson was named as a new columnist for Britain's Daily Mail newspaper on Friday, in a return to a journalistic career that has seen him write for several leading British titles and sacked from one for making up a quote. Johnson, 58, who stood down as…