Boris Johnson

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "fighting for his political life", between "partygate" and the bursting of the 'Brexit bubble'. That is according to Will Hutton, political economist and journalist, who says there's no coming back from this. "Comebacks in politics are very rare and very rarely succeed", he…

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Boris Johnson erupts at 'complete nonsense' in Partygate grillingConservative MPs have blasted the Privileges Committee for "personal venom", branding their probe into Boris Johnson a "witch hunt". Marco Longhi, MP for Dudley North, claimed the committee asked questions which were "designed to attack Boris as a person" during its four-hour…

F ormer prime minister Boris Johnson appears on the majority of the front pages after he insisted at the Privileges Committee that there is not a “shred of evidence” to show he lied to MPs. The Daily Telegraph said Mr Johnson was “besieged but defiant”, while the Daily Mail says…

B oris Johnson would probably lose a by-election in his west London constituency if one is triggered following the Commons Privileges Committee probe into partygate, a Conservative peer and leading pollster warned on Thursday. The former Prime Minister is fighting for his political future after MPs investigating his partygate denials…

Boris Johnson dismissed partygate allegations as “complete nonsense” on Wednesday and hinted that he could refuse to accept the verdict from an inquiry if it finds he misled MPs. Over the course of a more than three-hour privileges committee hearing, the former prime minister pleaded “hand on heart” that he…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks out to greet Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida before their meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, May 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Boris Johnson has repeatedly insisted he did not intentionally mislead Parliament over Partygate in a heated grilling by MPs. The…

Nigel Farage hits back at Steve Baker over 'Poundland' jibeNigel Farage tonight hit back at Steve Baker after the Tory MP's "pound shop" jibe. The Northern Ireland minister earlier said Boris Johnson risks becoming a "pound shop Nigel Farage" by voting against Rishi Sunak's Brexit deal. But former Ukip leader…

Boris Johnson, the former prime minister of the United Kingdom, denied wrongdoing in an inquiry into the Partygate scandal, the breach of Covid-19 protocols by his government that led to his eventual resignation. What to say to a coworker who is grieving Johnson was grilled for three hours by lawmakers…

LONDON — On a day of high drama in British politics, former prime minister Boris Johnson was forced to return to the scandals that brought down his premiership and answer to still-irate lawmakers about whether he intentionally misled them about government gatherings that violated pandemic lockdown rules. Johnson avoided his…