'My mum died alone and we lost precious time with her so Boris Johnson makes my blood boil' Bereaved daughter says agony of mother's cancer death is made worse by parties and rulebreaking in No10 Wales Online · Mar 25, 2023
Liz Truss requests peerages for some of her closest Tory supporters Former prime minister understood to have submitted list despite government lasting only seven weeks The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2023
Sage warned Independent Sage its name would cause confusion, says Vallance Chief scientist told former incumbent Sir David King the similarity would lead to mixed messaging The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2023
Johnson and Trump are yesterday's men, raging against the dying of the spotlight Brian Reade lambasts the two former leaders who are refusing to accept they are now redundant Daily Mirror · Mar 24, 2023
Partygate PM Boris Johnson should not get another shot at No10, say voters The disgraced ex-Premier should be denied another chance at leading Britain, according to a Redfield & Wilton Strategies poll for the Mirror. It comes as MPs are investigating whether he deliberately misled Parliament Daily Mirror · Mar 24, 2023
The Worst of Westminster: Boris Johnson faces music as Sunak reveals tax returns THE latest edition of The Worst of Westminster is out now and you can sign up to receive it in your inbox every Friday for FREE right here. The National (Scotland) · Mar 24, 2023
Why was Boris Johnson cast into the wilderness this week? Because a populist without a tribe is nothing With Trump and Netanyahu wreaking havoc, Johnson’s fall makes clear that only former allies can destroy these strongmen, says Jonathan Freedland The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2023
Boris Johnson: why is he in so much trouble – and can his political career survive? The ex-UK prime minister was questioned by MPs this week about parties in No 10 during lockdown. If they don’t accept his answers their verdict could finish him The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2023
‘I think he’s done’: Boris Johnson’s support nosedives after bruising week Ignominy of committee appearance and feeble Brexiter rebellion suggest ex-PM has run out of road, but allies disagree The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2023
'Wow!' - Question Time panel's stunned reaction when Fiona Bruce asked mostly Tory audience for show of hands on Boris Johnson It comes as a new poll reveals more than two thirds of people do not believe the former prime minister's defence of the Downing Street partygate scandal Wales Online · Mar 24, 2023
Quiz of The Week: 18 -24 March Boris Johnson’s political future hangs in the balance after the former prime minister endured a three-hour grilling by MPs about the Partygate scandal. The Week · Mar 24, 2023
Rishi Sunak's new Brexit deal formally signed off with EU - despite Tory rebellion Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and the European Commission's Maros Sefcovic agreed to adopt the new Windsor Framework which is aimed at undoing some of Boris Johnson's botched deal Daily Mirror · Mar 24, 2023
Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal for Northern Ireland gets formal sign-off Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and the European Commission’s Maros Sefcovic chaired a meeting on Friday to adopt the new arrangements. The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2023
Covid victims’ families react to Boris Johnson’s Partygate probe: ‘I missed mother’s last moments’ Boris Johnson endured a tense showdown with MPs over Partygate this week The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2023
Evening Standard · Mar 24, 2023 OPINION - I now think Rishi Sunak is going to win the next election Predicting the future in politics is a notoriously foolish endeavour. So at a dinner on Monday when asked about the next election by an erudite CEO, I took a large swig of red wine before replying. In my humble opinion, I said, Rishi Sunak was going to swing it, before…
Evening Standard · Mar 24, 2023 Suede and Sir John Major team up for ‘centrist dads’ festival Centrist dads, assemble.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2023 Digested week: while Jon Snow enjoys late parenthood, I’m in survival mode Plus, a fresh perspective on the origin of time, Lord Pannick cracks, and happiness is a life lived in Finland
Daily Mirror · Mar 24, 2023 'My mum couldn't see her GP in lockdown - she died just days after cancer diagnosis' Rachel Dickinson's 'blood boils' amid Partygate after she followed lockdown rules and stayed away from her mum - who struggled to get a face-to-face GP appointment when she became unwell. A few months after her symptoms began, she died from cancer
The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2023 Two thirds do not believe Johnson’s partygate defence, polling suggests Ex-PM Boris Johnson defended various events, including his birthday party for which he was fined, as being ‘necessary for work purposes’.
Daily Mirror · Mar 24, 2023 BBC Question Time: Not a single audience member thinks Boris Johnson is telling truth BBC presenter Fiona Bruce made clear on the programme on Thursday evening that a majority of the audience had voted for the Tories at the 2019 general election.
The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2023 Boris Johnson to ‘step up’ campaigning as he ‘braces for worst-case scenario by-election’ A Tory polling guru said the former prime minister would lose his Uxbridge and Ruislip in a by-election
The National (Scotland) · Mar 24, 2023 'You take us for idiots': Tory MP Andrew Bowie called out on Question Time AN audience member called out Tory minister Andrew Bowie on Question Time, accusing him of taking the public “for idiots and mugs” and refusing…
The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2023 Boris Johnson news – latest: Ex-PM already planning ‘worst-case’ scenario by-election Labour expected to win an Uxbridge fight but allies say Boris Johnson ‘will be ready’
The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2023 Behind the smile, smart suits and ‘reasonable’ solutions lies Rishi Sunak the authoritarian ‘Technocrat’ is too benign a label for the PM: his administration is proving just as extreme as those of Truss and Johnson, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2023 Over 170 ex-ministers and officials take jobs linked to old policy briefs since 2017 Transparency International says its report raises questions over conflicts of interest in Westminster