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Boris Johnson is 'comfortable' with £2m of Russian-linked donations and won't review them

Labour Leader Keir Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of presiding over an "era of oligarch impunity"

Daily Mirror

UK PM Johnson denies his party receives donations from Russian oligarchs

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied on Wednesday that his Conservative Party took donations from Russian oligarchs, saying all those who fund the governing party were registered in Britain.

Reuters

Ukraine crisis: Keir Starmer accuses Tories of presiding over 'era of oligarch impunity'

Labour leader Keir Starmer urged Boris Johnson to impose further sanctions on Russia at PMQs - as top Tories warned of the imminent threat of invasion of Ukraine

Daily Mirror

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Truss suggests Tory donors could be sanctioned if they have links to Putin

The Foreign Secretary is facing calls for the Conservatives to hand back donated cash with Russian connections reportedly worth nearly £2 million.

The Independent UK

Replacing Erin O'Toole exposes the Conservative Party's ever-deepening divides

In voting to remove Erin O’Toole as leader, the Conservative Party of Canada’s caucus has raised the thorny question of how the different groups within contemporary conservatism can co-exist and collaborate.

The Conversation

Erin O'Toole's ouster shows the impact of leadership selection rules

Erin O'Toole is the second person to lead the Conservative Party of Canada since Stephen Harper stepped down in 2015. Why is it significant that the Conservative caucus ousted him?

The Conversation

Labour demands Tory Party pay back donations from Russians and end corruption at home

Labour orders PM Boris Johnson to break the Conservative Party links with Russia and stop dirty cash filtering through UK as Putin threatens invasion of Ukraine

Daily Mirror

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Boris Johnson labelled ‘moral vacuum’ over Savile comments by former Tory chairman

Lord Patten says some wings of the Conservative Party have ‘turned into an English nationalist, populist, Johnsonian cult’

The Independent UK

The sun sets on Erin O'Toole as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada

When the dust settled and the caucus votes had been counted, 73 MPs from the Conservative Party of Canada voted to oust their leader, Erin O'Toole.

The Conversation

Conservative party leader in Canada ousted by his lawmakers

The leader of Canada’s Conservative party has been ousted after a vote by the party’s lawmakers

The Independent UK

Canada’s Conservative Party removes Erin O’Toole as leader

Confidence vote came amid growing anger over O’Toole strategy to push the opposition Conservatives closer to the centre.

Al Jazeera

Boris Johnson bats away criticism as party allegations escalate

Boris Johnson dismissed criticism about the conduct of his government after further reports of parties in Downing Street during lockdown prompted renewed pressure within his ruling Conservative Party for him to resign.

Tribune News Service

UK Lawmaker Calls for Johnson to Resign, Submits No-Confidence Letter

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson should resign, a lawmaker in his Conservative Party said on Twitter, announcing he had submitted a letter of no confidence. Johnson has so far weathered calls to quit over parties held in his Downing Street residence and office during coronavirus lockdowns. "After a great deal…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Canadian Conservative leader faces revolt by his lawmakers

The leader of Canada’s Conservative party is facing a revolt by his party’s lawmakers and could be ousted as soon as Wednesday

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Evening Standard Comment: The PM’s future is for his MPs to decide

Today was supposed to be D-Day. The moment at which Sue Gray’s long-awaited report would focus minds within the Conservative Party.

The Independent UK

Sarwar: Lack of independent probe into Islamophobia ‘would stink of cover-up’

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar called on the Tories to allow an independent investigation into allegations a minister was sacked over her faith.

The Independent UK

Calls for Islamophobia inquiry after Tory MP’s ‘Muslimness’ sacking claim

Nusrat Ghani said she was informed that her faith was ‘making colleagues uncomfortable’ when she lost her job as a transport minister.

ABC News

Former UK minister Nusrat Ghani says she was fired due to her 'Muslimness', but Chief Whip rejects claim

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab says the claim from Conservative Party colleague Nusrat Ghani that she was sacked as an MP partly due to her Muslim faith should be investigated if a formal complaint is made.

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The Independent UK

Nusrat Ghani: PM urged to launch inquiry as MP says government failed to take Islamophobia complaints ‘seriously’

Ms Ghani alleged she was told her Muslim faith was ‘making colleagues feel uncomfortable’

The Independent UK

British Conservatives set to go for top job if Johnson falls

Revelations that Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his staff partied while Britain was in a coronavirus lockdown have provoked public outrage and led some members of his Conservative Party to consider ousting their leader

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson's 50 worst lies, gaffes and scandals as Prime Minister finally resigns

Boris Johnson has announced he will resign as Tory leader - and for so many MPs it was a very, very long time coming. We look back on his 50 worst lies, gaffes and scandals since the start of his career

Reuters

Analysis-First rebellion against Johnson was doomed; the next may not be

A rebellion against Prime Minister Boris Johnson by some of his Conservative Party's newest members of parliament (MPs) quickly collapsed this week - but might just be a foretaste of the trouble ahead.

Daily Mirror

Tory donor's £1.2 billion energy connector plan rejected by minister

Aquind Energy and its co-founder Alexander Temerko have handed more than £1m to the Conservative Party, including personal donations to MPs and their constituency parties

Reuters

Calling UK PM "disgraceful", Conservative lawmaker defects to opposition

A lawmaker quit Boris Johnson's Conservative Party on Wednesday to join the opposition, describing the British prime minister's behaviour over lockdown parties as "disgraceful" and fuelling a rebellion against his premiership.

Edinburgh Live

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross forsees vote of no confidence in Prime Minister

The Scottish Conservative party leader has said that the situation is a "rollercoaster ride", and some MPs are withdrawing their letters to backbench whips due to the PM's actions.

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