The Latest Breaking News from Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson claims Covid originated in lab, in sudden U-turn in his views

Claim in ex-PM’s memoir contradicts his earlier warning that virus emerged from unsanitary ‘wet’ markets

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2024

Senior Tories cast doubt over Boris Johnson’s plan to ‘invade the Netherlands’

Former prime minister’s claims about wanting to seize Covid vaccines being held in the EU ‘may have been a joke’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2024

The “Manly Pep Talk” Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson Gave Prince Harry In a Secret Meeting Before He Left the UK

"They made me try to persuade Harry to stay."

Marie Claire · Sep 28, 2024

Boris Johnson: we considered ‘aquatic raid’ on Netherlands to seize Covid vaccine

Former prime minister admits in extract from forthcoming book that he discussed possible aquatic operation at height of pandemic

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024

New relationship with EU possible but will not be easy, Keir Starmer says

PM hopes to work more closely on defence, borders and trade with EU as he sets meeting with von der Leyen

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024

Sue Gray’s struggles reflect how No 10 works – but she must not be story

Advisers to prime ministers are often targets of sniping but being in news is not sustainable for Starmer’s chief of staff

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024

The crisis-hit Tories need good advice. Will they really get it from Michael Gove’s Spectator?

The Speccie was a wise voice compared to the rest of the rightwing media. But can it remain so within the stable of the man who owns GB News, asks Archie Bland, editor of the Guardian’s First Edition newsletter

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024

OPINION - Boris Johnson's attempt to persuade Prince Harry to stay in the UK was fatally flawed

Of all the walls on which you would have wanted to be a fly, the one to choose would be in the room in the margins of a UK-Africa investment summit in Docklands in January 2020 where Boris Johnson spent 20 minutes trying to talk Prince Harry out of moving…

Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2024

Keir Starmer accused of hypocrisy after dinner meeting with Donald Trump

The PM said he wanted to meet the Republican candidate face to face because ‘I’m a great believer in personal relationships on the world stage’

Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2024

Boris Johnson claims he was asked to persuade Prince Harry to stay in UK

In the former PM’s upcoming memoir, he says he spoke to the Duke of Sussex for 20 minutes in a ‘kind of manly pep talk’ – but the prince still decided to move his family to North America

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2024