Johnson takes aim at Sunak, warning Tories are ‘drifting to defeat’
Boris Johnson’s comments came in conversations with Nadine Dorries for her book on his downfall.
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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2016-2018 and Mayor of London 2008-2016. Johnson has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015 and was previously MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. He has been described as adhering to the ideology of one-nation and national conservatism.
Boris Johnson referred to Treasury as ‘pro-death squad’, inquiry hears
The former prime minister reportedly used the phrase at a meeting in January 2021, when he wanted a path to eased restrictions.
Nadine Dorries claims Government trying to block her book on Johnson’s downfall
The former culture secretary has accused the Government of trying to block the November 9 release.
Kuenssberg appears to defend Johnson with widely discredited vaccine claim
The claim that Brexit had anything to do with the vaccine roll-out has been shown to be untrue, something the BBC appear to have missed.
A week in a Conservative Covid catastrophe
A look back at an eye-opening and, at times, troubling week at the Covid inquiry.
Boris Johnson ‘asked if hair dryer could kill Covid’ after watching video
Dominic Cummings, Mr Johnson’s former chief adviser, made a series of claims in his witness statement handed to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
Johnson let country down by not tackling Cummings’ misogyny, says ex-official
Helen MacNamara, who was one of the top female civil servants, said the messages were ‘violent and misogynistic’.
Covid enquiries – SNP takes the fifth
The SNP is about to discover that in politics, there is no right to silence.
Boris Johnson’s No 10 was ‘unbelievably bullish’ UK would sail through, Covid inquiry hears
Former senior civil servant Helen MacNamara said there was ‘laughing at the Italians’ early in the pandemic.