Russia bans Boris Johnson from entering country amid war in Ukraine April 16, 2022 Russia has banned Boris Johnson from the country, arguing British leadership was “deliberately aggravating the situation around Ukraine”. The Kremlin said the move to ban the Prime Minister and other senior members of the UK government was due to the UK’s sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Moscow said the decision had been made in [...]
Almost two thirds of Brits want Boris to go if hit with more party fines April 16, 2022 Just under two thirds of Brits believe Boris Johnson should quit if he receives further fines for lockdown-breaking parties, a poll has found. According to a YouGov poll for The Times, 63 per cent of the public think the Prime Minister should resign if he is fined again for attending Downing Street parties. The Prime [...]
Easter Reads part one: the best in our opinion pages on politics, the economy and Ukraine April 16, 2022 Back when partygate was “seemingly” subsiding, Giles Kenningham looked at another political headache for Johnson, one with a much longer legacy: the future of the Union. The pandemic gave a taste of greater independence to the devolved nations, and now some want to keep it – surely, that’s the case with Scotland’s Nicola Sturgeon. To [...]
‘How can a lawmaker be a lawbreaker?’: Ex Tory minister calls for Johnson to call vote of confidence if local elections go badly April 14, 2022 A senior Tory MP has said Boris Johnson should resign if local elections prove costly, while warning the PM not to use the war in Ukraine as a “fig leaf” to dodge tough questions on partygate. Tobias Ellwood made his comments on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, calling for him to hold a vote of [...]
Partygate: Junior minister resigns after PM given police fine April 13, 2022 Junior justice minister Lord David Wolfson has quit the government for “repeated rule-breaking” in Downing Street in what is the first ministerial resignation after Boris Johnson was handed a police fine yesterday. Wolfson said in a resignation letter to the PM that “the scale, context and nature” of the breaches of Covid rules by the [...]
UK drivers suffer record spike in monthly petrol prices April 13, 2022 Petrol prices have risen over 12 pence per litre between February and March, the largest monthly hike since records began in 1990.
First Tory MP calls for Johnson to quit after receiving Covid fine April 13, 2022 The first Conservative MP has called for Boris Johnson to resign after he received a fine from the Metropolitan Police for breaking his own Covid restrictions. Amber Valley MP Nigel Mills today said Johnson’s position is no longer tenable and that “I don’t think a Prime Minister can survive or should survive breaking the rules [...]
Rishi Sunak considered resigning over partygate fine – but settled for an ‘unreserved apology’ April 13, 2022 Embattled chancellor Rishi Sunak considered resigning over partygate but settled for an apology instead. The second in command to Boris Johnson was issued with a fixed penalty notice over lockdown breaches this week, plunging his political ambitions into chaos. It is understood, according to The Times, he discussed his political future with his inner circle [...]
Rishi Sunak’s weak stomach for a scandal could spell the end for Johnson April 13, 2022 When Boris Johnson catapulted a young upstart from Treasury minister to Chancellor of the Exchequer, he likely envisaged Rishi Sunak would be pliable and amenable to his insatiable desire for spending rather than the thin-skinned thorn in his side.
Johnson says sorry for breaking his own Covid rules as he vows to stay as PM April 12, 2022 Boris Johnson has apologised for breaking his government’s Covid rules to attend his own work birthday party in 2020 and has vowed to stay on as Prime Minister. The PM, chancellor Rishi Sunak and Carrie Johnson were all handed Fixed Penalty Notices by the Metropolitan Police today for a lockdown-busting work birthday party in Downing [...]