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Former prime minister and Ukrainian president meet as Keir Starmer prepares to hold talks with Joe Biden on allowing Kyiv to use long-range weapons including …

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Boris Johnson faces ‘serious questions’ over new business with uranium entrepreneur

September 7, 2024

Former prime minister also under fire for hiring ex-aide Charlotte Owen as VP despite her lack of energy sector experience Boris Johnson failed to disclose …

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Boris Johnson firm gives Charlotte Owen top job after ex-PM made her UK’s youngest peer

September 6, 2024

Exclusive: Charlotte Owen has been made vice-president of green consultancy company Better Earth, whose co-chair is the former prime minister

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Boris Johnson yet to appear on GB News 10 months after being signed up as a presenter

August 17, 2024

The former PM, working on his memoirs, has still not hosted a programme for the right-leaning channel – and his publisher awaits book slated for …

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Boris Johnson ‘courted for Telegraph role’ as Nadhim Zahawi plots bid

August 12, 2024

Backers are reportedly told the former prime minister has been sounded out as paper’s global editor-in-chief Boris Johnson has reportedly been courted for an executive …

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Donald Trump would be ‘strong and decisive’ in support for Ukraine, says Boris Johnson

July 17, 2024

Prospect of second Trump presidency with isolationist JD Vance as his deputy have raised concern among allies of Kyiv

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Watch: Boris Johnson and Tony Blair seen at lavish India wedding

July 13, 2024

Tony Blair and Boris Johnson were among guests to arrive at the wedding of a billionaire’s son.

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Boris Johnson makes surprise speech at Tory rally in final 48 hours before election

July 3, 2024

Boris Johnson made a surprise appearance at a Tory rally last night (2 July), in a last-ditch attempt to help his successor win the general …

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Tory donor who gave Boris Johnson £500k urges public to vote Labour

June 18, 2024

John Caudwell, the Phones4U founder, says Keir Starmer’s manifesto has earned his vote for first time in 50 years The former Conservative party donor John …

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Rishi Sunak ‘fighting the wrong campaign’ as he puts his hopes in Boris Johnson

June 18, 2024

As Rishi Sunak made a dash to the South West to try to shore up Tory seats praising an intervention by Boris Johnson, former chancellor …

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Boris Johnson pulled into Tory campaign with personalised letters to voters – but may still snub Rishi Sunak

June 18, 2024

Exclusive: ‘Supportive’ letters from the ex-PM due to land on doorsteps within days

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Boris Johnson records campaign videos for his MP supporters as he continues to snub Rishi Sunak

June 14, 2024

Former PM endorsed Sir Simon Clarke who tried to depose Mr Sunak earlier this year, warning the Tories faced electoral ‘massacre’ if he stayed

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Jon Stewart calls rejection of UK candidate for liking one of his sketches ‘dumbest thing since Boris Johnson’

May 30, 2024

Faiza Shaheen says she has been barred by the Labour Party from contesting her local constituency at the upcoming general election following criticism of her …

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Cringe didn’t kill off the flash mob – Boris Johnson did

May 28, 2024

The sight of throngs of people coming together in public to dance or freeze or do something silly was once ubiquitous, if always soundtracked by …

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Nadhim Zahawi says it was a mistake for Tories to force Boris Johnson from No 10

May 18, 2024

Former chancellor, who was one of those who urged Johnson to go, says Tories should have realised ‘Twitter was not the country’ Former chancellor Nadhim …

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Boris Johnson tried to use Prospect magazine as voter ID at polling station

May 4, 2024

Former prime minister was initially turned away from the polls after falling foul of legislation he introduced

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Boris Johnson ‘pays tribute’ to polling staff who refused to let him vote without ID

May 4, 2024

Ex-PM turned away from South Oxfordshire police commissioner vote for not having valid ID – a rule he introduced Local and mayoral election results – …

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Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting photo ID

May 2, 2024

Former prime minister Boris Johnson was caught out by a law his own government introduced as he went to vote on Thursday

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Boris Becker no longer bankrupt, court says

May 1, 2024

Former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker is discharged from bankruptcy by a UK High Court judge.

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Andy Street and Ben Houchen turn to Boris Johnson in mayoral election run-in

May 1, 2024

Incumbents promote messages of support from ex-PM despite largely avoiding linking themselves with wider Tory party UK politics – latest updates Andy Street and Ben …

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Sunak’s smoking ban is nuts, says Boris Johnson

April 11, 2024

The proposed law aims to phase out tobacco sales by stopping anyone born after 2009 buying cigarettes.

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Boris Johnson calls Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban ‘absolutely nuts’

April 11, 2024

Former PM laments state of Tory party saying it is ‘mad’ that party of Winston Churchill is ‘banning cigars’ UK politics – latest updates Boris …

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Banning arms sales to Israel would be ‘insane’, says Boris Johnson

April 6, 2024

Former prime minister says a western arms embargo on Israel would ‘hand victory’ to Hamas Middle East crisis – live updates Boris Johnson has said …

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Starmer praises ambition behind Boris Johnson’s levelling up agenda and blames Sunak for blocking it – politics live

March 28, 2024

Labour leader and deputy Angela Rayner hail parts of former prime minister’s flagship domestic policy priority and say Sunak ‘killed it at birth’ while chancellor …

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Voices: Sunak’s impending defeat is not all down to the twin disasters of Boris and Truss…

March 22, 2024

…they certainly didn’t help, writes Andrew Grice – but there is another major player responsible for bringing down the PM: No 10 itself

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Boris Johnson did not consult watchdog over paid role with hedge fund

March 20, 2024

Ex-UK PM was required to seek permission for paid role with Merlyn Advisors, for whom he spoke to Venezuela president Boris Johnson did not seek …

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Boris Johnson ‘held unofficial talks with president of Venezuela in February’

March 9, 2024

Former PM apparently met autocratic leader Nicolás Maduro over concerns he may supply weapons to Russia Boris Johnson flew to Venezuela in February for unofficial …

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Boris Johnson reveals he is joining GB News

October 27, 2023

Former PM promises to share his ‘unvarnished’ views on politics – in new warning to Rishi Sunak

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Boris Johnson: Former prime minister to host GB News show

October 27, 2023

Johnson, who stepped down as an MP earlier this year, will present and produce his own programmes.

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Boris Johnson to join GB News as presenter

October 27, 2023

Former prime minister will be latest Conservative politician to take up role at news channel Boris Johnson has announced he is joining the broadcaster GB …

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‘Architects of disaster’: Boris, Truss and Tory right accused of leading party into electoral wilderness

October 20, 2023

Tory chair Greg Hands blames ‘legacy’ issues, as moderates warn PM against further lurch to the right

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Polling guru: Boris Johnson and Liz Truss scandals to blame for Tory disaster

October 20, 2023

John Curtice says Partygate and Truss’ economic crash behind ‘extraordinary’ surge in Labour popularity

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Boris Johnson did not want meetings with Drakeford and Sturgeon

October 11, 2023

Former prime minister tells Covid inquiry that he was worried UK could look like a mini-EU.

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‘Work commitments’ keep Labour’s new ‘Tsar’ (and Boris Johnson’s ex-wife) Marina Wheeler from party’s conference

October 8, 2023

Women who are bullied and sexually harassed in the workplace will be given new protections under a Labour government

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Boris Johnson’s former food tsar attacks Sunak’s smoking ban: ‘Odd to prioritise cigarettes over fast food’

October 5, 2023

Exclusive: Henry Dimbleby says smoking is “far less” of a health issue than poor diets as he calls on Sunak to act

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Boris Johnson’s decision-making was ‘bipolar’ during Covid, wrote Vallance

October 3, 2023

Chief scientific adviser in 2020 found the ex-PM ‘completely inconsistent’ in his evidence to the Covid inquiry Boris Johnson’s decision-making during the coronavirus pandemic was …

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Boris Johnson ‘scrawled in capitals that long Covid was ‘b*****ks’, Covid Inquiry hears

October 3, 2023

Long Covid groups claim the former prime minister initially ‘denied the truth of the suffering’

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Sir Patrick Vallance criticises Boris Johnson’s ‘impossible flip-flopping’

October 3, 2023

Sir Patrick Vallance writes of No 10 “chaos as usual” in diary extracts released to the Covid inquiry.

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Sunak ‘not sharing’ Covid WhatsApp texts ‘a disgrace straight from Boris playbook’

October 3, 2023

The criticism came after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he could not provide his WhatsApp messages from the pandemic because he failed to back them …

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A newt point: Boris Johnson’s pool gets go-ahead after wildlife concerns

September 27, 2023

South Oxfordshire council gives green light to ex-PM’s swimming plans, as long as he mitigates risk to protected species He’s been ousted from the job …

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Boris and Carrie Johnson deny nanny was sacked for having glass of wine with former PM

September 25, 2023

Theresa Dawes claims she was given just 15 minutes to pack her bags

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Boris Johnson should pay back taxpayer-funded Partygate legal fees, says Labour

September 24, 2023

Exclusive: Party also calls for an investigation into ‘issues’ with the Cabinet Office’s inquiry sign-off process Boris Johnson should pay back his taxpayer-funded legal fees …

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Boris Johnson and David Cameron warn Rishi Sunak not to cut back HS2

September 23, 2023

Proposed cuts branded ‘Treasury driven nonsense’ by ex-PM

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Boris Johnson attacks Rishi Sunak’s plans to ease net zero goals: ‘We cannot afford to falter’

September 20, 2023

Former prime minister Boris Johnson said Britain ‘cannot afford to falter now or in any way lose our ambition for this country’

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Watchdog criticises payment of Boris Johnson’s £265,000 Partygate legal bill

September 19, 2023

NAO says Cabinet Office failed to follow proper processes when taxpayers’ money was used to fund legal bills The Cabinet Office failed to follow proper …

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Boris Johnson called his allies ‘The Munsters’, new book alleges

September 19, 2023

The Right to Rule describes Johnson as isolated on back benches, ‘scathing’ in private about MPs who did back him Boris Johnson described his political …

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No 10 officials discussed asking queen to talk to Boris Johnson about his behaviour

September 18, 2023

BBC series says officials and Buckingham Palace discussed ‘utterly grim’ environment at Downing Street Senior government officials spoke to Buckingham Palace to express worries about …

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Officials discussed raising Boris Johnson concerns to Queen

September 18, 2023

Government officials raised fears about the former PM’s conduct in the pandemic to Buckingham Palace.

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Boris Johnson attacks UK aid to Ukraine: ‘What the hell are we waiting for?’

September 13, 2023

Former PM says west is dragging its feet in support for Ukraine and calls for urgent supply of weaponry in Spectator column Boris Johnson has …

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Sunak clears up another Boris Brexit mess as UK rejoins EU’s Horizon scheme

September 7, 2023

Scientists relieved as PM finally strikes deal for membership of £85bn science research programme

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Nadine Dorries’ book on Boris Johnson’s downfall delayed due to legal issues

August 31, 2023

Ex-MP claims her account will lay bare ‘a corruption of democracy deep at the heart of the Conservative party and in Downing Street’ Nadine Dorries’ …

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Nadine Dorries’ Boris Johnson book in legal delay

August 31, 2023

The book on Boris Johnson’s downfall claims to reveal “corruption” and “secrecy” in Downing Street.

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Voices: Nadine Dorries is the latest victim of ‘Boris derangement syndrome’

August 27, 2023

Sufferers afflicted with BDS commonly forget why the ex-PM fell from power, blaming shadowy dark forces rather than more obvious causes, writes Sean O’Grady

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‘Gangster’ Putin committed ‘most ostentatious’ act of savagery in our lifetimes, says Boris

August 26, 2023

The former Prime Minister said it would be ‘utterly fatuous’ to place any trust in the Russian leader

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Charlotte Owen: Former Boris Johnson aide becomes youngest ever peer after taking seat in House of Lords

July 25, 2023

Baroness Owen’s appointment to the House of Lords was branded ‘completely staggering’ by one No 10 insider

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Boris Johnson nominee joins Lords as youngest peer

July 24, 2023

A former adviser to Boris Johnson joins the House of Lords as its youngest member.

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Boris Johnson says Natwest boss must quit if she leaked Nigel Farage’s account details

July 21, 2023

The former prime minister called for an inquiry into reporting on the Farage account closure row

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Boris Johnson says WhatsApps for Covid inquiry recovered

July 21, 2023

The inquiry is waiting for some of the ex-PM’s messages, due to problems accessing his old phone.

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Experts recover messages from Boris Johnson’s old phone

July 21, 2023

Former PM’s spokesperson says messages will be handed over to coronavirus inquiry ‘unredacted’ UK politics live – latest updates Experts have recovered all relevant messages …

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Sunak dealt two by-election blows as Tories cling on in Boris Johnson’s former seat – live

July 21, 2023

Huge Tory majorities overturned in Somerset and Yorkshire, as Sunak clings on in Uxbridge

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Voters go to polls in three by-elections as Labour eyes Boris Johnson’s old seat – live

July 20, 2023

By-elections also taking place in Selby and Ainsty and Somerton and Frome

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MPs brace for reshuffle as Tories try to escape ‘long Boris’

July 19, 2023

Labour frontbenchers also poised for potential reshuffle within week

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Boris Johnson controversy calls entire honours system into question, warns damning Lords report

July 17, 2023

Senior peers set out plan for ‘fair and sustainable’ reforms to appointments process

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Government on track to break Boris Johnson’s ‘40 new hospitals’ promise

July 16, 2023

National Audit Office research finds delays and lack of value for money, and that only 11 projects are wholly new builds The government is on …

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Boris Johnson’s old phone could soon be accessed by Covid inquiry

July 14, 2023

The former PM was not sure about the passcode, delaying access to his WhatsApps sent before May 2021.

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Boris Johnson ‘can’t remember passcode’ to phone with Covid WhatsApp messages

July 13, 2023

Concerns over attempt to unlock former PM’s old iPhone could erase messages

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Boris Johnson ‘has forgotten’ passcode for phone wanted by Covid inquiry

July 13, 2023

Spokesperson says ex-PM wants to hand over WhatsApp messages but experts describe latest development as ‘pretty lame excuse’ Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages are yet to …

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Boris Johnson early Covid WhatsApps still not passed to inquiry

July 12, 2023

The government had until 16.00 BST on Monday to hand over the ex-PM’s messages to the Covid inquiry.

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Boris and Carrie Johnson announce birth of son

July 11, 2023

The couple announce the birth Frank Alfred Odysseus Johnson, their third child together.

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Rita Ora urges people to ask Boris Johnson about breaching lockdown rules rather than her

July 8, 2023

In 2020, a Johnson spokesperson condemned Ora’s lockdown-breaching party, saying she should be ‘setting an example’

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Government loses court battle over Boris Johnson’s Covid WhatsApps

July 6, 2023

The High Court says Cabinet Office must hand over unredacted documents to Baroness Hallett’s Covid Inquiry.

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Ministers lose legal challenge over Boris Johnson WhatsApps

July 6, 2023

Government had argued it should get to decide what material was ‘unambiguously irrelevant’ to Covid inquiry UK politics live – latest updates The government has …

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Boris Johnson says Trump played ‘important role’ in arming Ukraine

July 6, 2023

Former US president ‘actually enabled’ UK to send weapons, says ex-PM

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Boris Johnson claims he ‘reminded’ Trump about key role in Ukraine aid

July 6, 2023

Former British prime minister says in interview that Trump ‘played an important role’ in arming Ukraine and set an example On his recent visit to …

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Two new Partygate investigations opened by Met Police – as Boris Johnson let off the hook

July 4, 2023

Scotland Yard says Chequers and No 10 events don’t merit probe – but drinks gathering for Bernard Jenkin’s wife and CCHQ bash will be investigated

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Police station saved amid by-election battle in Boris Johnson’s old seat

July 3, 2023

An under-threat police station in Boris Johnson’s old constituency will remain open, London Mayor Sadiq Khan said.

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Boris Johnson backs Covid Inquiry in court battle with Rishi Sunak’s government

June 30, 2023

Inquiry lawyers warn investigation must not be put into ‘procedural straight-jacket’

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Boris Johnson ally quits UK government with a blast at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

June 30, 2023

A British environment minister who is close to former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has quit and accused the current government of apathy toward climate issues

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Partygate report: Boris Johnson allies could face suspension for ‘disturbing’ attacks on democracy

June 29, 2023

Nadine Dorries, Jacob Rees-Mogg and others launched ‘unprecedented’ campaign to discredit inquiry, scathing report finds

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Partygate: privileges committee to publish report into ‘coordinated’ attempt to undermine Boris Johnson inquiry – UK politics live

June 29, 2023

Report expected to be critical of several Conservative MPs Suella Braverman, the home secretary, will make a statement in the Commons later about the court …

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Boris Johnson – latest: Ex-Prime Minister’s allies ‘to be named in new Partygate report’

June 29, 2023

Mr Johnson loyalists Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg are reportedly among those set to be named on Thursday

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Italy ‘was monitoring Lebedev villa at time of Boris Johnson visit’

June 26, 2023

Intelligence service believed property was being used for espionage purposes, documentary claims Italy’s secret intelligence service was monitoring the luxury Umbrian villa owned by the …

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Clive Myrie ‘pulled from BBC News at Ten broadcast’ after Boris Johnson lying jokes

June 22, 2023

Myrie had aimed digs at the Tories in an episode of ‘Have I Got News For You’ airing on the same night

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Why won’t Rishi Sunak give Partygate verdict on Boris Johnson?

June 20, 2023

The prime minister won’t say whether he agrees that his predecessor deliberately misled Parliament.

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Boris Johnson Partygate row is over, claims Rishi Sunak

June 20, 2023

No 10 tries to draw a line under vote on report – but honours controversy and police probe rumble on

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Boris Johnson: cabinet minister won’t say if he thinks former PM returning to the Commons is unacceptable – UK politics live

June 20, 2023

Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride urges Tories to move on from Partygate report after abstaining from vote Scotland’s first-ever recall petition for a sitting …

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Only seven Tories back Boris Johnson as Commons votes that he lied to parliament

June 19, 2023

Rishi Sunak accused of being ‘too weak’ to stand up to Johnson, as PM dodges Commons showdown which saw scathing report approved

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Boris Johnson: MPs back Partygate report as just seven vote against

June 19, 2023

Only seven MPs voted against the report which found the former PM deliberately misled Parliament.

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Boris Johnson faces loss of Westminster pass as MPs back Partygate report

June 19, 2023

MPs endorse privileges committee report censuring former PM by 354 votes to seven Conservative infighting over Boris Johnson misleading the House of Commons about Partygate …

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