Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid both announced they were quitting in letters posted to Twitter within minutes of each other on Tuesday evening. The most immediate controversy facing Johnson is Downing Street’s handling of last week’s resignation of deputy chief whip Chris Pincher, who...
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Opinion: Don’t be fooled by Boris Johnson’s backing of Ukraine 💥💥💥
He’s absolutely right about that. Right too when he described Ukraine as being on a “knife-edge” during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G7 summit in Bavaria this week. Which is odd. Because Johnson has two things in common with Putin...
Boris Johnson warns Russian victory in Ukraine would be ‘absolutely catastrophic’ 💥💥💥
Speaking to Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union” hours after Russian missiles hit Kyiv, shattering what had been relative calm in the Ukrainian capital, Johnson urged Americans, Britons and others in the West to maintain resolve in punishing Moscow, despite the effect the...
Boris Johnson recovering after ‘routine’ sinus operation 💥💥💥
The “minor” operation on Johnson’s sinuses took place early on Monday and Johnson is back at Downing Street recovering, his spokesperson said. Johnson was put under general anaesthetic during the operation, and deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab is deputizing. The Prime Minister expects to chair...
Western support for Kyiv must not cease, say NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson 💥💥💥
In separate comments published Sunday, Stoltenberg and Johnson also reiterated that Western governments must continue to support Ukraine to deter future aggression by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Stoltenberg told the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag that nobody knew how long the conflict would last but...
Analysis: Boris Johnson’s wish to pick fights with his old enemies risks making the UK a pariah 💥💥💥
On Monday, Johnson’s foreign secretary, Liz Truss, revealed the long-awaited Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, a piece of legislation that, if passed, would allow the British government to unilaterally override parts of the Brexit deal it agreed with the EU in 2019. Two days later, the...
Zelensky on Boris Johnson: “We have a common view on how to move towards victory” 💥💥💥
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia’s actions in Ukraine are not responsible for the global food crisis and accused the US of driving up food prices in his speech to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday. “Famine in the poorest countries will...
Analysis: Boris Johnson is still in charge. But behind closed doors, rivals are plotting his ouster 💥💥💥
Johnson’s government is currently thought to have somewhere between 170-180 MPs on its payroll. As the vote was private, that means as a best-case scenario, Johnson was only able to secure a handful of backbench votes. In a worst-case scenario, people on the payroll voted...
Opinion: How Britain fell out of love with Boris Johnson 💥💥💥
Johnson clambered out of his chauffeur-driven car, wife Carrie at his side, to attend a service of thanksgiving for Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne; a murmur rose from the waiting crowd, a low grumble that rapidly coalesced into distinct boos. It is...
Live updates: Boris Johnson confidence vote 💥💥💥
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson pictured inside 10 Downing Street in London, England, on June 6. (Alberto Pezzali/AFP/Getty Images) With the fate of his premiership in the hands of his Conservative friends and foes, Boris Johnson has begged Tory MPs to support him in Monday...