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Talking Point: Are you happy to pay for a TV licensing fee?

The news that the government is looking to scrap the license fee didn’t come as a surprise to many, nor did the timing of the announcement given the recent turmoil Boris Johnson’s premiership has found itself in, but it did cause an outpouring of emotion on social media for what…

Evening Standard

Partygate: Anger grows among grassroots Conservatives with calls for Boris Johnson to resign

Grassroots Tories in London are dismayed by the “Partygate” furore with a former junior minister joining calls for him to resign.

Evening Standard

Even if the Tories want Boris Johnson to go, no one is willing to give him a push

MPs may be waiting until May’s local election results to make their move, says the Spectator’s Katy Balls

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Can the Queen fire the Prime Minister and can anyone force a PM to step down?

The UK has a complicated (and unwritten) constitution and there are a number of ways a prime minister can be booted out of office. Boris Johnson's job is under real threat as he clings on to his position

Daily Mirror

Who would be acting PM if Boris Johnson were incapacitated under proposed new law?

Conservative MP Peter Bone has been trying for years to get a formal 'order of succession' enshrined in UK law

Wales Online

Boris Johnson must go as Ayrshire MPs and MSPs deliver thumping 15-0 verdict amid parties fiasco

The region's elected members to Westminster and Holyrood demand the Prime Minister resign following Downing Street gatherings.

Daily Record

Pub 'to be renamed The Lying B******' in response to Boris Johnson parties scandal

Daniel Davies, who owns what was once the James Atherton pub in New Brighton, near Liverpool, has suggested a new name for the venue, which has previously been called 'The Three B***ends'

Daily Mirror

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What was everyone else doing while Downing street was hosting 'work gatherings' in the garden? A look at the data

Many people around the UK have been scrolling back through the photos on their phones to remind themselves where they were on May 2020, while staff at 10 Downing Street were gathering for what Boris Johnson insists was a work event but which is currently under investigation as a potential…

The Conversation

UK to task military with stopping migrant boat crossings: Reports

Critics slam PM Boris Johnson for ‘inhumane’ reported plan to put the navy in charge of English Channel operations.

Al Jazeera

Downing Street party culture saw staff 'booze at lunch' and 'wake up in same clothes'

Former aide Sonia Khan, who worked in No 10 and the Treasury under Theresa May and David Cameron, said 'the idea of mini fridges or having drinks underneath your table wasn't uncommon'

Daily Mirror

Downing Street boozing culture meant drinks started at lunchtime says former official

A former Downing St and Treasury official said there was a well-established drinking culture at the heart of government since the days of David Cameron.

Daily Record

UK's Johnson, and his foes, await key 'partygate' report

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is fighting for his career and he has one constant refrain: Wait for Sue Gray

The Independent UK

Fury as Priti Patel sends warships to tackle Channel boats in 'Partygate distraction'

The Tory Home Secretary confirmed the Royal Navy will be sent into the Channel - as a charity accused Boris Johnson of 'trying to protect his own career by bullying defenceless people'

Daily Mirror

Local politicians call for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign over lockdown parties

The SNP's Martin Docherty-Hughes and Labour's Jackie Baillie have both called on Boris Johnson to stand down, whilst Conservative councillor Sally Page said she agrees with Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross that the PM should resign.

Daily Record

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The Independent UK

Downing Street staff ‘started boozing at lunch as part of drinking culture’

Former official Sonia Khan said drinking had long been ‘normalised’ in Downing Street

The Guardian - UK

‘Massive anger’: 40% of grassroots Tories want Boris Johnson to quit

Survey finds widespread discontent as MPs inundated with emails about Downing Street parties scandal

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson faces recruitment dilemma amid Downing Street chaos

Analysis: with key aides on the way out, the PM will find ambitious professionals are reluctant to take a risk on his reign

Evening Standard

No10 denies Boris Johnson broke rules by commuting from Chequers during lockdown

Downing Street has denied Boris Johnson broke rules by commuting between his country mansion and No 10 during the first Covid lockdown.

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The Independent UK

Johnson using populist policies to save his job is ‘unedifying’, Sturgeon says

Nicola Sturgeon said reports of ‘operation red meat’ were an attempt to distract from the scandal of Downing Street parties during Covid restrictions.

Wales Online

Boris Johnson to 'put military in charge of tackling migrant Channel crossings'

More than 770 people have made the dangerous journey across the Channel in small boats so far this year

The Independent UK

PM based at Chequers in early days of pandemic ‘to protect pregnant Carrie’

No 10 said the couple followed the guidance and legislation in place at the time.

Daily Record

Boris Johnson does not refer to himself as 'big dog' as No10 launches plan to save Prime Minister

The Prime Minister's official spokesperson did not put a timescale on when Sue Gray's report would be published.

The Independent UK

No 10 denies Boris Johnson said aides objecting to ‘bring your own booze’ party were ‘overreacting’

Allegation would undermine prime minister’s claim that he did not realise gathering was a party

Daily Record

Lanarkshire widow joins politicians in blasting Boris over lockdown parties

Gillian Keeper says Boris Johnston’s conduct and the controversy around parties in Downing Street has left her absolutely disgusted

Daily Mirror

Carer who spent NINE months in hospital with Covid 'f***ed off' with PM's partying

Alan Finch and his devastated fiance Claire Wickham have invited Boris Johnson to "come visit us soon" to see what it is like still relying on oxygen after battling covid for months

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