Politics
How Theresa May sowed the seeds of her own and her party’s destruction
Theresa May leaves Downing Street as one of the shortest-serving prime ministers for more than 100 years, having created an anti-iimigrant hostile environment as Home Secretary that poisoned her country, her party, and her political career.
Chancellor Philip Hammond resigns ahead of Boris Johnson entering Number 10
Hammond has been consistently sounding warnings about the economic danger of Johnson pursuing a no-deal Brexit.
Campaigners project image of Boris Johnson waving kipper onto Buckingham Palace
The image was accompanied by the words: ‘Your Majesty, your new prime minister is a liar’.
Vote Leave chief Dominic Cummings expected to become senior adviser to the new PM
The political strategist will be one of the first people installed within Boris Johnson's new team.
Jared O’Mara aide resigns with brutal Twitter tirade – posted on MP’s own account
The comms team staffer branded his former boss a “selfish, degenerate p****”, saying he was the “most morally bankrupt person I have ever met”.
Nigel Farage floats electoral pact with Boris Johnson for quick Brexit
The Brexit Party leader said the new PM should realise he will need an election to get EU withdrawal through the Commons.
Johnson promised a better Brexit deal, but this is what the EU thinks about him
“During the campaign he lied a lot to the British people. I need a partner with whom I can negotiate and who is clear, credible and reliable.”
As Boris Johnson becomes PM the EU have already rejected his Brexit demands
During the leadership campaign, Johnson said he would scrap the Irish backstop and hold back the UK’s £39bn financial settlement until the EU agreed a comprehensive trade deal.
‘Scotland didn’t vote for Brexit, or current Tory Govt – and certainly not for Johnson as PM’ – Nicola Sturgeon
The Scottish First Minister spoke out after the former foreign secretary was announced as the new leader of the Conservative Party.