Tories and Labour

Opinion12:59 GMT 28.05.2020(updated 13:02 GMT 28.05.2020) Get short URLBritish political strategist and PM Johnson's chief adviser Dominic Cummings has come under the bipartisan fire over breaking COVID-19 quarantine. British political observers have weighed up how the adviser's controversial move may backfire on the prime minister and the UK Conservative Party.British…

Image copyright AFP Image caption Dominic Cummings explained the reason for his Durham visit during a press conference It is a safe bet that County Durham's three Conservative MPs did not anticipate their biggest challenge to date would be posed by a visit from Dominic Cummings.But that is exactly what…

Boris Johnson will be quizzed by senior MPs over his handling of the coronavirus crisis and his adviser. (AP pic)LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s public support has suffered the sharpest fall for a Conservative party leader in a decade following the Dominic Cummings scandal, according to an opinion poll published Wednesday.…

Mr Johnson will be grilled on a trip to Durham by his advisor, Dominic Cummings - AP/ShutterstockBoris Johnson will face a 90-minute grilling today by the toughest committee in Parliament over his handling of the coronavirus crisis and a trip to Durham by his top aide, Dominic Cummings.Mr Johnson has twice…

DON'T LOSE ACCESS:Your IP access to ForeignPolicy.com will expire on June 15. To ensure uninterrupted reading, please contact Rachel Mines, sales director, at rachel.mines@foreignpolicy.com. The United Kingdom’s ruling Conservative Party is facing a self-generated crisis after Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended his old friend and special advisor Dominic Cummings, who…

The tumbril is ready and the guillotine is glistening for Dominic Cummings. The Left cannot wait for their hate figure – and most dangerous enemy – to be thrown into a cart and led off for a public execution.It is no coincidence that news of Cummings's 'lockdown bust' was broken by…

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Cyclists in Bournemouth and Poole will not be banned from cycling on the Dorset town’s promenade after the leader of the local council said she would not implement a threat made last week to stop people riding their bikes there. Last week, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council leader Vikki Slade…

Is this the start of a big left turn? The British death rate has been appalling. The politics of easing the lockdown – higher taxes, blurred rules – are already looking much harder than the politics of imposing it. The state has swollen hugely. You might assume, therefore, that the…