Boris Johnson

Former PM Boris Johnson apologises to families at UK Covid inquiry

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday (Dec 6) he was deeply sorry for the loss of life during the Covid-19 pandemic as he appeared as a witness at the official inquiry into Bri...

Former special advisor at 10 Downing Street, Dominic Cummings, giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 inquiry, in west London, Oct 31, 2023.

Ex-aides criticise former UK PM Johnson’s Covid handling

BRITISH former prime minister Boris Johnson’s ex-senior advisers on Tuesday slammed his handling of the Covid pandemic, as an inquiry heard he believed claims that the virus was “nature’s way of deali...

Johnson, who has been married three times, has four children from his second marriage to the lawyer Marina Wheeler, and now has three with Carrie, 35, a former Conservative Party media adviser whom he wed two years ago.

Former UK PM Boris Johnson becomes father again

Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson has become a father again, his wife Carrie said on Tuesday (Jul 11), with the couple’s third child, and the ex-leader’s eighth, born on July 5.

Zac Goldsmith accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of abandoning his commitments to climate change, environmental protections and animal welfare.

Under-fire UK minister quits and slams Sunak

A British minister resigned on Friday (Jun 30), a day after he was named in a report by MPs who condemned a campaign of abuse directed by supporters of former prime minister Boris Johnson.

Boris Johnson knows that causing by-elections by resigning his seat in parliament will expose the weakness of his party and of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Once again, UK Tories lose their way over Europe

Look to 1919 for lessons from 2019 and Boris Johnson

Following hours of debate, held on Boris Johnson’s 59th birthday, MPs voted by 354 to seven in favour of the Privileges Committee’s findings that Johnson lied to parliament about Covid lockdown-breaking parties.

UK MPs approve report censuring ex-PM Johnson over ‘Partygate’

BRITISH MPs on Monday voted overwhelmingly to remove ex-prime minister Boris Johnson’s parliamentary pass as they approved a damning report that found he lied to parliament about Covid lockdown-breaki...

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss issued guarded regrets in her first broadcast TV interview since she was ousted in October after just 49 days.

UK’s Truss admits to ‘mistakes’ – but blames enemies

BRITISH former prime minister Liz Truss on Thursday conceded to “mistakes” over her disastrous short-lived tenure last year – but blamed the economic “establishment” for torpedoing her policies.

Boris Johnson, one of Britain’s most well-known and divisive politicians, says it is a lie to say that he deliberately misled Parliament.

UK’s Johnson deliberately misled Parliament: committee report

FORMER UK prime minister Boris Johnson deliberately misled the British Parliament in an unprecedented way over rule-breaking parties at his office during Covid-19 lockdowns, a committee said in a damn...

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was in many ways a forerunner of many of the populist politicians of today in Europe and beyond.

‘End of an era’ in Europe

THE death on Monday (Jun 12) of Italy’s longest-serving prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, shone a spotlight on how much European politics has changed in the last few decades in a populist direction.

Boris Johnson (left) and Donald Trump have championed a similar style of politics.

Trump, Johnson and a trial for the rule of law

The US and the UK need to show that democracies really can hold their leaders to account