All eyes on PMQs as Boris Johnson’s premiership is ‘hanging by a thread’ January 12, 2022 Boris Johnson’s premiership is hanging by a thread today, as angry Tory MPs and outraged Brits await Prime Minister’s Questions to see whether he will come clean over a party during lockdown. Reports that Johnson and his then fiancé Carrie Symonds attended a “bring your own booze” party in the No 10 garden during lockdown [...]
Where is Boris? No 10 eerily quiet as resignation calls grow over ‘bring your own booze’ party but Johnson ignores demands to come clean January 12, 2022 The Prime Minister is facing an increasingly hostile and outraged Conservative Party as he will meet with MPs today amid furious demands to come clean over his attendance at a reported “bring your own booze” party in the No 10 garden in breach of Covid lockdown rules. Boris Johnson will make his first public appearance [...]
A bash while Covid spread: Boris Johnson may face police probe over ‘bring your own booze’ drinks party at Downing Street when household mixing was outlawed January 11, 2022 The Metropolitan Police confirmed it is liaising with the Cabinet Office over damning claims the Prime Minister’s aide organised a “bring your own booze” Downing Street drinks party during the first lockdown, in May 2020. Martin Reynolds, the Prime Minister’s principal private secretary, sent an email to more than 100 Downing Street employees asking them [...]
Questions grow over Boris Johnson’s ‘Great Exhibition 2’ promise via WhatsApp to Tory donor who paid £112k for flat January 7, 2022 The Prime Minister’s apparent support for a “great exhibition” plan backed by a Tory donor who helped pay for the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat is under scrutiny this morning. Whatsapp messages released yesterday showed Boris Johnson discussed the proposal with Lord Brownlow while at the same time as requesting his help with the [...]
100 Tory seats at risk: Voters abandon Boris Johnson en masse as Keir Starmer makes Red Wall comeback and leads nationwide January 2, 2022 A majority of Brits doubt Boris Johnson will be Prime Minister this time next year, as Keir Starmer has won voters’ hearts back in the Red Wall, according to a new poll. The Deltapoll survey of the 57 constituencies the Tories gained in the 2019 General Election, most of which could be considered part of [...]
Omicron hospitalisations skyrocket by 67 per cent in London as new Covid restrictions seem inevitable December 27, 2021 The number of hospitalisations related to the Omicron variant is climbing rapidly across the UK, with a jump of 67 per cent in London alone. Across the UK, there were 36 per cent more hospital admissions in the week ended 24 December. According to the Health Service Journal, hospitalisations for Omicron skyrocket in the capital, [...]
2021’s lighter political moments: From Michael Gove’s dance moves and Britain’s chief mouser to the hunt for Irn-Bru December 26, 2021 From the rags-to-riches tale of Britain’s chief mouser to a hunt for Irn-Bru at COP26, even in the midst of a global pandemic there have been some lighter moments in politics during this long and challenging year. ‘Church warden overslept’ On May 6, local elections were held across England, Scotland and Wales but some voters [...]
Met refers itself to watchdog over Downing Street Christmas party scandal December 22, 2021 The Metropolitan Police has referred itself to a watchdog for police over how it handled an alleged Christmas party in Downing Street last year during Covid restrictions, according to reports. Baroness Jones, a member of the Green Party, submitted a complaint over the Met’s refusal to investigate reports of an unlawful Christmas gathering at No.10 [...]
PM to make lockdown decision by Christmas Eve December 21, 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to make an announcement in the next 48 hours on whether to impose "circuit-breaker" restrictions in England to stem the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus.
Most UK adults think Boris Johnson will not be prime minister by the end of 2022 December 20, 2021 Most adults in the UK think it likely that Boris Johnson will not be prime minister by the end of 2022, according to an opinion poll published by Ipsos Mori today.