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...
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...
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.
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.
Once again, UK Tories lose their way over Europe
Look to 1919 for lessons from 2019 and Boris Johnson
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...
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.
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...
‘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.
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