Red Wall Tories Whatsapp group schemes to install Truss as party head November 28, 2021 Tory members of a Whatsapp group called ‘Liz for Leader’ exhorted colleagues to rebel against Boris Johnson, plotting to install foreign secretary Liz Truss as party leader. The group, dominated by new MPs from the Red Wall seats, is said to be “disenchanted with Boris, especially over migrants and high taxes”, believing Liz to be [...]
No 10 salvages PM’s business bosses forum in effort to claw back corporate support November 27, 2021 Downing Street has made a last-ditch attempt to salvage relations between British business and Boris Johnson by ditching plans to wrap up the PM’s council of business leaders, after his humiliating performance last week eroded bosses’ confidence. Last week, No 10 had told some members of the PM’s business discussion forum, the Build Back Better [...]
France un-invites Priti Patel over migrant crisis November 26, 2021 The French government have uninvited the UK Home Secretary from a meeting of European interior ministers and the European Commission, after Boris Johnson asked them to “take back” undocumented migrants who cross the Channel to the UK, according to reports. “We find the open letter from the British prime minister unacceptable … Thus, Priti Patel [...]
Boris Johnson social care changes dubbed ‘working-class dementia tax’ by Keir Starmer November 25, 2021 The prime minister was accused of launching a “working-class dementia tax” by Sir Keir Starmer in the Commons yesterday, following changes to social care. The accusations came after Boris Johnson announced changes earlier this week to his social care policy which will see older, less well-off people face costs of up to £86,000 for their [...]
Not many visitors recognised PM: Watch Boris Johnson having a ball at Peppa Pig World November 23, 2021 Speaking at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference yesterday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said cartoon character Peppa Pig is “pure genius”, despite resembling a “Picasso-like hairdryer”, and described the theme park created for children as “very much my kind of place”. The PM’s comments followed a visit to the park a day earlier, even [...]
Boris Johnson brushes looming MP rebellion over social care under the carpet November 23, 2021 Boris Johnson has narrowly managed to push through controversial plans to cut down social care support for poorer households, despite 19 Conservative MPs rebelling against the policy. The government’s plans were only just won, by 272 votes to 246 despite the government having an 80-strong majority in the Commons. The removal of means-tested support from [...]
Caroline Nokes: They ‘trawled through’ my sex life after I said Boris Johnson’s father Stanley touched me inappropriately November 22, 2021 After accusing the Prime Minister’s father of inappropriately touching her, a senior female MP has revealed that journalists scoured through her past sex life to “find some sort of defence.” Caroline Nokes, the Conservative MP for Romsey and Southampton North and chairwoman of the Commons Women and Equalities Committee, accused Stanley Johnson of forcefully smacking [...]
Boris Johnson rules out £20bn bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland November 21, 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has abandoned plans for a bridge or tunnel that would have connected Northern Ireland and Scotland. Johnson, a lover of grand infrastructure projects, heavily downplayed the prospects that the concept would ever get off the ground, downgrading it to merely an “ambition” that was “too expensive.” Johnson faced some derision after [...]
MP register update shows Boris Johnson used Heathrow lounge and Geoffrey Cox pocketed another £54k November 19, 2021 The latest update to the register of MPs’ interests shows that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was given use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport for three people on October 7, before he flew to Marbella on holiday. The Windsor Suite is a VIP lounge at Heathrow and has been used by royals including the [...]
Many Tory MPs furious as Boris Johnson admits he ‘crashed the car’ in Tory sleaze row November 18, 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson urgently needs to rebuild public trust after admitting he “crashed the car into a ditch” in the row over standards at Westminster, according to warnings from his own MPs. Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab insisted ministers are committed to “fixing the problem” amid continuing frustration and anger among Tory MPs at [...]