Wounded Boris Johnson to call emergency Cabinet meeting as Tory rebels refuse to back down after worse-than-May vote June 7, 2022 It is understood Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to call his Cabinet together this morning as the embattled Tory leader seeks to keep his premiership afloat by putting a bruising confidence ballot firmly behind him. The Prime Minister insisted he had secured a “decisive” victory despite 148 of his own MPs voting to oust him [...]
FTSE 100 brushes off Prime Minister’s no confidence vote June 7, 2022 The FTSE 100 opened flat on Tuesday as investors were largely unaffected by the Prime Minister narrowly dodging a vote of no confidence last night. The capital’s premier index was mostly unchanged at 7,610 points on opening on Tuesday. Tory MPs voted by 211 to 148 in support of the Prime Minister as part of [...]
JD Sports prepares for £2m bill after watchdog finds it broke law by fixing Rangers FC merch prices June 7, 2022 JD Sports may face a hefty penalty after the competition watchdog found it broke rules by fixing retail prices of some Rangers Football Club branded clothes. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had provisionally found that Elite Sports and JD Sports fixed the retail prices of a number of Rangers-branded replica kits and [...]
Morning after bruising vote: Tory grandee William Hague tells damaged Boris Johnson to exit No 10 now June 7, 2022 Boris Johnson has experienced such a “level of rejection”, more than any of his predecessors, and should quit the premiership immediately, former Conservative leader William Hague said this morning. “While Johnson has survived the night, the damage done to his premiership is severe,” Lord Hague wrote in The Times. Tory MPs voted by 211 to [...]
Boris Johnson gives diners at son’s restaurant in Hackney the finger and takes off after being booed June 7, 2022 Prime Minister Boris Johnson was reportedly booed at the London restaurant that his son Theo works in on Friday. In response, the Tory leader reportedly ‘flicked his finger’ at fellow dinners and left the establishment. Johnson visited Morito in Hackney during lunch time yesterday when he faced a ‘severe unwelcome’, according to various media, including [...]
Boris Johnson wins close confidence vote to save premiership June 6, 2022 Boris Johnson has clung onto his premiership by winning a tight no confidence vote tonight, but has been severely wounded by the contest. Johnson won over Tory MPs by 211-148 in a result that will lead to questions about whether he still has the authority to govern. The Prime Minister said it was “a very [...]
Johnson tells Tory MPs ‘best is yet to come’ as he urges them to not vote him out June 6, 2022 Boris Johnson has today vowed to Tory MPs that the “best is yet to come”, after urging them to stick with him in a no confidence vote this evening. The Prime Minister told a meeting of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers that “I will lead you to victory again” as he promised a raft [...]
New Look CEO to step down from high street fashion chain June 6, 2022 The CEO of New Look, Nigel Oddy, will step down from the helm of the high street fashion chain. The retailer said a hunt to select a successor was “currently well-advanced”, with a further announcement to come in due course. Oddy navigated the company through two Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) restructuring processes and shuttered 39 [...]
Partygate: Downing Street staff threw boozy bash while Boris Johnson was fighting Covid in hospital June 6, 2022 DOWNING Street staff threw a booze-fuelled party while the Prime Minister was in hospital undergoing lifesaving Covid-treatment, a whistleblower claimed today. The Number 10 insider said a culture of “invincibility” led to civil-servants repeatedly thinking they were above the rules. The insider explained how staff held a party in the garden of Number 10 in [...]
No confidence vote poll: Nearly half of Tory members want Boris Johnson removed June 6, 2022 Nearly half of the Conservative party’s membership want Boris Johnson removed as leader, according to one poll, with the result of the no confidence vote set to be announced at 9pm. A snap poll by YouGov found 42 per cent of Conservative members wanted Johnson gone, with 53 per cent saying he should stay. Another [...]