Elevenses: The UK’s Vaccine Rollout is Faltering
From the newsletter: Can Keir Starmer capitalise on the Johnson-induced delay to 'freedom day'?
Tag: Boris Johnson
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.
Australia trade deal to save UK households ‘up to £1.22 a year’ on imported goods
Just enough for a pack of Tim Tams each.
‘This isn’t even real words’: Reaction to Johnson’s bumbling press conference
The PM pushed back the final phase of his road map to July 19th in a ham-fisted Downing Street address.
‘Hoyle comes to the boil’: Speaker hits out at Johnson for ‘running roughshod’ over MPs
"It took 222 days in post, but finally Lindsay Hoyle behaved like a Speaker of the House," one person said.
Calls to rename Delta the ‘Johnson variant’ as PM’s poor decisions lead to lockdown extension
The final lifting of coronavirus lockdown restrictions in England are expected to be put on hold this evening.
Translated: What Macron really had to say about UK sovereignty and Boris Johnson
"We Europeans know all about UK sovereignty. No other European country has made the others spend so much time on its sovereignty. We respect it."
Good Law Project launch legal challenge over Johnson’s peerage for disgraced Tory donor
"I think a fair minded observer, presented with the facts, would conclude there was a real possibility or danger of bias in the Prime Minister’s decision making," Jo Maugham said.
More than half of UK public think 21st June lockdown lifting should be postponed
Boris Johnson is poised to delay the lifting of lockdown restrictions amid growing concerns about the surge in case of the highly transmissible Delta variant.
Theresa May slams Johnson’s travel restrictions despite vaccination rate
“We now have over 50 per cent of the adult population vaccinated, yet we’re more restricted on travel than we were last year," Theresa May said.