MPs give Boris Johnson a soft landing after his week of summiteering
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Call it the phoney war. All that anyone in Westminster was really thinking about was what the prime minister knew about his former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher, and when he knew it. Over the last few days the No 10...
The Pincher furore is another Johnson mess – and ‘pooper scooper’ MPs are tiring
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“Pincher by name, pincher by nature.” If Boris Johnson really did use those sniggering words of the man he then made deputy chief whip regardless, then they must surely now return to haunt him. For those words do some...
Johnson aware of some claims about Chris Pincher in February, No 10 admits
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Boris Johnson was aware of some allegations relating to Chris Pincher when the MP for Tamworth was appointed deputy chief whip in February, Downing Street has admitted. No 10 conceded that Johnson was aware of allegat...
It doesn’t matter if Boris Johnson is a dead man walking as PM. The damage is done
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A little under four months ago, when this column went on hiatus, and I was on sabbatical, Boris Johnson’s demise was universally considered to be imminent. So imminent, in fact, that I was anxiously minded to delay th...
Johnson faces backlash for ‘failure to act’ over Chris Pincher warnings
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Boris Johnson is facing a backlash over the promotion of his ally Chris Pincher, as a group of Conservative parliamentary staffers accused the prime minister of a “failure to act on warnings” of sexual misconduct by h...
Nicola Jennings on claims Boris Johnson was warned about Chris Pincher – cartoon
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Boris Johnson took official jet home from weekend with family in Cornwall
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Boris Johnson used a government private jet to fly home from a weekend with his family in Cornwall, prompting questions about use of taxpayer-funded resources. The prime minister was in Cornwall and Devon on the weeke...