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Johnson at 10 review: an ‘authoritative’ and ‘often jaw-dropping’ book

Many people realise that Boris Johnson is a dishonest chancer who lacks any real convictions, said David Gauke in The New Statesman. Less obvious – at least to those outside Whitehall – is “quite how extraordinarily inept he was at performing some of the basic functions of being prime minister”.…

The Week · May 12, 2023

Truss and Kwarteng sacking of top civil servants ‘damaged government’

Instant removal of Treasury’s permanent secretary potentially worsened mini-budget crisis, parliamentary committee hears

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2023

MPs and officials who caused trouble for Boris Johnson given knighthoods

Tory MP Julian Lewis and standards committee chair Chris Bryant are among those with gongs

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2022

Government’s ethics chief took karaoke machine to ‘excessive’ lockdown party

Helen MacNamara, the then deputy cabinet secretary, has been fined by police for her part in a No 10 leaving party on June 18 2020.

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022