Boris Johnson blocked a plan by Priti Patel to make it easier for more Ukrainian refugees to come to the UK, according to government sources cited by Sky News. The prime minister and his chief of staff Steve Barclay are accused of “personally slapping down” Patel’s plan to open up a new “humanitarian route” for […]
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The twice sacked and often mocked ‘stupid boy’ of the Tory party, Gavin Williamson is getting a knighthood. Why? Because. Priorities, innit. No matter war in Ukraine, the pandemic, the cost of living crisis, climate crisis, ‘parygate’, Tube strikes paralysing the capital and a host of other crises across the NHS, the police, judicial system […]
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The Queen has tested positive for Covid on the eve her prime minister is set to announce the end of pandemic restrictions for England. Buckingham Palace confirmed the 95-year-old Queen has Covid and is “experiencing mild, cold-like symptoms but expects to continue light duties at Windsor over the coming week.” Tomorrow (February 21), Boris Johnson […]
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Boris Johnson is under fresh attack from his own backbenches after his government announced a fracking ban. Tory MPs and members of the Lords have denounced the ban as unconservative while claiming fracking would help Britain avoid future energy crises and massive price hikes. More than 30 Tory rebels – including former Brexit minister Lord […]
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MPs have blamed Boris Johnson’s ‘political poison’ for the ugly scenes in Westminster on Monday (February 7) that saw Sir Keir Starmer bundled into the back of a police car to escape a mob of protestors. Tory MPs said their prime minister had endangered the leader of the opposition and called on Johnson to withdraw […]
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Downing Street has been rocked by a wave of resignations from the prime minister’s team with a fifth advisor announcing their’s this morning (February 4). In just a few hours, Boris Johnson lost four key members of his leadership team, starting with head of policy Munira Mirza’s shock exit. Hers was quickly followed by the […]
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Downing Street has denied speaking to the Metropolitan Police force about the Sue Gray report which faces further delays following police intervention. The Metropolitan Police has told Sue Gray’s inquiry into illegal lockdown parties in Downing Street that its report can only make “minimal reference” to events that the police are investigating – further delaying […]
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A Conservative MP has accused government ministers, special advisers and the prime minister’s staff of conduct that “would seem to constitute blackmail”, as Tories reel over the future of Boris Johnson. William Wragg, chairman of a Commons scrutiny committee, said he has received reports that the government has been encouraging the media to publish “embarrassing” […]
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The Labour party has accused the government of “cultural vandalism” and looking like a “tin-pot dictatorship” over its reforms to BBC funding which will cost the state broadcaster more than £2 billion over the next six years. The Sunday Times suggests the move against the BBC is part of Downing Street’s ‘Operation Red Meat’- itself […]
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Angela Rayner has accused the prime minister of “corruption, plain and simple” and said Boris Johnson has “questions to answer” over allegations of cash-for-access to ministers relating to the Downing Street flat refurbishment. The latest allegations of Tory sleaze surround reports that the Conservative peer who helped pay for the costs of decorating the Downing […]
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