Boris Johnson

The Conservatives lost but Labour didn’t win. In a messy night with multiple cross-currents, voters turned against the Tories in many areas, yet an uneven Labour performance failed to fully dispel doubts about its appeal to the electorate. Tory nerves will be jangling after a heartland slump and the loss…

British voters have given Boris Johnson and his Conservative party a bloody nose amid continued anger at the soaring cost of living and upset over illegal parties held in Downing Street during lockdown.  The Tories lost over 400 council seats - with results especially poor in London and Scotland.  In…

B oris Johnson faced a backlash from local Tory leaders as his party lost the key London boroughs of Barnet, Wandsworth and Westminster to Labour and suffered setbacks across England. However, while Sir Keir Starmer’s party gained ground in the capital there was a mixed picture elsewhere with the loss…

Boris Johnson suffered a major local elections blow in London as Labour took hold of Tory strongholds of Westminster and Wandsworth - and the Conservatives lost dozens of councillors. Video Loading Video Unavailable Local elections: Labour gain control in Westminster Labour has seized control of two Tory councils in London…

Boris Johnson is bracing for a battering over Partygate today as voters go to the polls in local elections - with the outcome in key battlegrounds set to decide his fate. The PM has cast his own ballot in Westminster as Tories anxiously wait to assess the damage from the…

According to a source, Mr Johnson is likely to wait until June or July when he hopes the partygate saga will have been resolved, the Times has reported. While the Tories are expected to do poorly in today’s local elections there is no indication as yet that Mr Johnson will…

Updated 1 week ago · Published on 3 May 2022 10:20PM · UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson promises to do more to tackle the rising cost of living, with the issue centre-stage at local elections this week. – AFP pic, May 3, 2022. UK PRIME Minister Boris Johnson today promised…

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Smoke could be seen in Lviv, Ukraine, after a Russian missile attack on May 3. (Video: AP)May 3, 2022|Updated May 3, 2022 at 11:30 p.m. EDT Placeholder while article actions load This live coverage has ended. For Wednesday’s live updates, click here. Russia expanded its attack on Ukrainian infrastructure Tuesday,…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised more than a dozen times for breaking Covid lockdown laws. The apologies may have been fulsome and flowing but the prime minister is still insisting that the June 2020 gathering in the Cabinet room – with cake – was not a party and not therefore…