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Tories face more infighting as reports emerge of rebels’ secret recording

The PM continues to encounter claims critics are facing ‘intimidation’ as part of an effort to keep him in office.

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2022

Partygate: Police commissioners say there ‘wasn’t capacity’ to investigate past Covid breaches

Retrospective investigations were ‘just not going to be an option,’ a PCC said

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2022

Covid live: Ireland to lift almost all curbs from 6am on Saturday; France reports 400,851 new cases — as it happened

Ireland’s premier Micheál Martin says ‘we have weathered the Omicron storm’; France reports 400,851 daily cases and 233 Covid-linked hospital deaths

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2022

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Education Secretary to vet local plans to bring back masks in schools

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Wednesday that masks would be scrapped in school classrooms from Thursday.

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2022

'Boris Johnson's dirty tricks are beyond the usual dark arts of politics'

Boris Johnson allegedly threatened to strip funding from the constituencies of MPs who have called him out over Partygate. He defended himself saying he had seen no evidence of such behaviour

Daily Mirror · Jan 20, 2022

Tory chiefs 'threatened to scrap new school' if MP backed Marcus Rashford campaign

Rebel Tory MPs were allegedly told they would have constituency funds for vital services blocked or damaging stories about them could be planted in the media. The PM said he had seen no evidence to support the claims

Daily Mirror · Jan 20, 2022

'Boris Johnson does not behave like a Prime Minister, but more like a mobster'

It is alleged Boris Johnson has taken to blackmailing MPs, with backbenchers who were reluctant to support him over Partygate being threatened with a loss of constituency funding

Daily Mirror · Jan 20, 2022

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Tory whips accused of intimidating MPs who oppose Boris Johnson

PM optimistic he can overcome a confidence vote as whipping alleged to veer into blackmail

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2022

MPs subjected to ‘blackmail’ as Boris Johnson fights for political life, claims senior Tory

Tory rebel claims smear stories placed in bid to silence critics

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2022

Baby-faced assassin has Boris Johnson in his sights

Chubby cheeked William Wragg makes another attempt to bring Big Dog to heel by raising allegations of intimidation of Tory MPs by whips

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2022

Can the party last? Johnson defies calls for leadership challenge

Is he living on borrowed time, or does Boris Johnson's brand of populism make the British PM scandal-proof? It's certainly not great optics when a Tory MP crosses the aisle to join the Labour opposition benches during Prime Minister's Questions, but that seems to have at least stalled a backbench…

France 24 · Jan 20, 2022

Boris Johnson says ‘no evidence’ Tory critics facing ‘blackmail’, after MP William Wragg’s claims

The Prime Minister rejects claims from senior Conservative MP of intimidating tactics being used to prevent vote of no confidence

Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2022

The Guardian view on dual mandates: double trouble in Northern Ireland

Editorial: Brandon Lewis’s piecemeal approach is all too typical of this government’s preference for political manipulation

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2022

Boris Johnson’s removal would be a chance to reconsider Brexit, says Heseltine

Anti-Brexit peer asks if people will get ‘another chance to express their view’

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2022

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The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2022

Checkmate for Johnson, says seasoned rebel ringleader Steve Baker

Mr Baker said the allegations of rule-breaking parties in Downing Street during coronavirus restrictions are ‘appalling’.

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2022

From Brexit ultras to net zero sceptics: what the Tory factions want

A guide to the gripes and wishes, some overlapping, of various parts of the Conservative parliamentary party

Daily Mirror · Jan 20, 2022

Three-quarters of Brits believe Boris Johnson is 'dishonest' and 'lacks integrity'

A poll for campaign group 38 Degrees reveals just how much the Partygate scandal has damaged the Prime Minister

Chronicle Live · Jan 20, 2022

North East mums re-live the pain and terror of giving birth alone in lockdown while Boris partied

The furore over a 'bring your own booze' event at Downing Street shows no sign of abating as we await the Sue Gray report

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Daily Mirror · Jan 20, 2022

Boris Johnson's bonkers Northern Ireland bridge cost almost £1m and it wasn't even built

A study commissioned by the Prime Minister found such a project would be too expensive. The study alone cost almost £900,000.

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2022

Britain can’t afford another Tory government

Letters: Readers react to an article by Nesrine Malik on why getting rid of Boris Johnson will not herald the end of the country’s problems

Daily Mirror · Jan 20, 2022

All the Covid rule changes on the way - and what'll stay as we live with virus 'like flu'

Covid restrictions are changing in England - from Covid passes, masks, working from home and travel tests to isolation and free lateral flow tests. But mandatory NHS staff vaccines will stay and guidance will still exist. Here’s a date-by-date breakdown for your diary…

The Conversation · Jan 20, 2022

'In the name of God, go': the history of a speech that has brought down parliament and a prime minister

MP and former cabinet minister, David Davis stood up in the House of Commons recently and told Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign.

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2022

Boris Johnson spent nearly £1 million looking at whether bridge to Northern Ireland was feasible

Study said benefits of project would come close to covering costs

Daily Record · Jan 20, 2022

Boris Johnson blew £900,000 on study that proved bridge to Northern Ireland wouldn't work

To reach the obvious conclusion that a fixed link across the Irish Sea would be too expensive and almost impossible to build the taxpayer was billed a six figure sum.

Belfast Live · Jan 20, 2022

Northern Ireland to Scotland bridge: Boris Johnson study cost taxpayers £900,000

Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy led the investigation, which found that a bridge would cost £335 billion, while a tunnel would require a budget of around £209 billion

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