Category: Boris Johnson

Britain is a swamp of lies and disinformation – and we got here on the Brexit bus | Jonathan Freedland

Ten years after the vote, our economy is battered – and our national conversation darkens by the day. Still, there is reason for hopeWhen the anniversary comes, later this month, few will be in the mood to look back. All...

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David Cameron offered Boris Johnson senior Cabinet role if he agreed not to push for Brexit

Johnson tells BBC documentary he played tennis in early 2016 with then prime minister to discuss EU referendumUK politics live – latest updatesDavid Cameron offered Boris Johnson a senior Cabinet position in return for...

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The ungovernable country? Why Britain keeps losing prime ministers

May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, and now perhaps Starmer: each one was brought low for a reason. But what if the deeper problem is the office itself?They were times in which prime ministers seemed to be on their way out as soon as...

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Senior Labour figures say call for new Mandelson investigation is a ‘political stunt’

Conservatives expected to push for privileges committee involvement in a Commons vote on MondayA series of senior Labour figures have dismissed calls for a new investigation into what Keir Starmer told MPs about the appointment...

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Nige and Zia set out plan to send ‘Boriswave’ traitors to the gulag

Farage and sidekick are still sore about how the Tories handled Brexit, although new mates Braverman and Jenrick are forgivenThe Reform UK press conference began a little behind schedule. Time in which Nigel Farage had gathered...

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‘Occasionally a picture can change the course of history’: 33 scandalous photos that shocked the world

When it comes to scandal, seeing is believing – which is why these images caused such a stirWords can tell a story, but it’s pictures that will make you believe in it. Such is the power of a photograph; the ability...

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‘It could be a shoe or a stick’: Sajid Javid on being beaten by his father, petty crime – and turning his life around

As a young teenager, Javid and his brother were caught stealing from slot machines, arrested and held in a cell. His future hung in the balance. How did he get from there to the top of UK politics?In 2019, when Sajid Javid was...

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No 10 defends campaign to release Abd el-Fattah despite his ‘abhorrent’ tweets

MPs reject call to strip British-Egyptian activist of UK nationality over social media posts from a decade agoDowning Street has defended its campaign for the release of a British-Egyptian activist and decision to welcome him to...

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