Tory discontent with Boris Johnson spreads as MPs fear losing seats
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Anger among Tory backbenchers is spreading amid fallout from the Sue Gray report, with one minister warning Boris Johnson is in “yellow card territory”. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions, the Treasury minister J...
David Littleproud to run against Barnaby Joyce for National party leadership
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David Littleproud will run against Barnaby Joyce for leadership of the National party. The high-profile deputy leader announced on Saturday he’d told Joyce of his decision to nominate. “I also took the opportunity to ...
Boris Johnson confident Tory MPs back him to survive as party leader and prime minister – UK politics live
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Boris Johnson calls for Ukraine to be sent more long-range rocket systems
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Boris Johnson said Ukraine should be supplied with long-range multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) to help Kyiv’s embattled forces prevent Russian invaders from gaining ground in the Donbas. But the prime minister st...
No drive, no spine, very little vision: even science can’t explain the creatures clinging on to Johnson
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For followers of British politics, this week was probably best understood in terms of quantum physics. For the past six months, the prime minister and his cabinet explained that they couldn’t comment on the Partygate ...
Boris Johnson changes ministerial code to avoid need to resign over breaches
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Boris Johnson is changing the rules to let ministers avoid resigning if they break the ministerial code, allowing them to apologise or temporarily lose their pay instead. Die eerste minister, who is facing claims of br...
Met never asked me for lockdown party evidence, says Dominic Cummings
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Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s former chief aide, was never contacted by police seeking information about alleged lockdown-breaching parties inside Downing Street during his time working there, he has said. In a Tw...
Trump is no kingmaker in the Republican party. That is increasingly clear
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The most eye-catching result of Tuesday’s suite of midterm primaries is Georgia’s incumbent governor, Brian Kemp, demolishing former senator David Perdue in his re-election primary. Former president Donald Trump has s...