4 h. ago Labour's small boat migrants deal to be 'overwhelmed with last

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp - who served as an immigration minister in Boris Johnson's government - said Labour's plan would be overwhelmed by legal challenges.

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14 h. ago What Boris did next: files reveal troubling secrets of the ex

In his international dash for cash, Johnson appears to have repeatedly broken ethics rules as he tried to trade on relationships made in No 10Boris Johnson started the day with a jog. He had the kind of schedule that would be familiar to any occupant of Downing Street. From 8.44am, he talked with his aides, then chaired cabinet, ate lunch, prepped for prime minister’s questions, took a briefing on security threats, and got ready for an interview with one of Rupert Murdoch’s reporters.The entry for 5.48pm in the official log for Tuesday 26 April 2022 contains one of several privileged interactions that he would later seek to exploit for financial gain. Johnson was in his office, the log notes, “alone texting MBS”. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Boris Johnson after No 10: files reveal troubling secrets of the ex

In his international dash for cash, Johnson appears to have repeatedly broken ethics rules as he tried to trade on relationships made in Downing StreetBoris Johnson started the day with a jog. He had the kind of schedule that would be familiar to any occupant of Downing Street. From 8.44am, he talked with his aides, then chaired cabinet, ate lunch, prepped for prime minister’s questions, took a briefing on security threats, and got ready for an interview with one of Rupert Murdoch’s reporters.The entry for 5.48pm in the official log for Tuesday 26 April 2022 contains one of several privileged interactions that he would later seek to exploit for financial gain. Johnson was in his office, the log notes, “alone texting MBS”. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Boris Johnson makes surprise visit to Ukraine as Zelensky issues new warning to the West over Putin

The former Prime Minister was spotted watching a sunrise across the Black Sea in Odesa alongside excited Ukrainians taking selfies.

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51 h. ago BORIS JOHNSON: Our country has a nightmare government run by a blinking human bollard and reasonable, decent people are thinking: We can't take it much longer

After the last couple of weeks we are getting to the stage where millions of good, decent, reasonable people are looking at this government and thinking: we can't go on like this.

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3 d. ago Starmer is always torn between risk and caution. When it came to Mandelson, the wrong side won | Emma Burnell

The PM stood by his man for so long, he can’t even claim credit now for firing him. It’s a worst-of-both-worlds scenarioEmma Burnell is the editor of LabourListKeir Starmer’s public image is one of stolid caution. This was something deliberately crafted at the start of his leadership of the Labour party to put him into sharp contrast with the charismatic but chaotic then prime minister, Boris Johnson. Starmer is – we were repeatedly told – forensic. He’s a details man who plays by the book.However, look more closely and you will see that Starmer is actually something of a political risk-taker. The hiring – and now firing – of Peter Mandelson is just the latest case in point.Emma Burnell is the editor of LabourList Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Boris Johnson leads Britain's tributes to MAGA star Charlie Kirk after 31

Boris Johnson and several other British politicians have paid tribute to conservative activist Charlie Kirk after he was shot dead at Utah Valley University.

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4 d. ago Leaked files cast doubt on source of £2.6m in Tory donations

Official log refers to Wafic Saïd, a Canadian billionaire whose British wife has given millions to party, as ‘donor’The Conservative party is facing questions over a possible breach of electoral law involving one of its largest benefactors, after leaked files cast doubt on official declarations of donations worth £2.6m.More than 40 donations to the Tories over 23 years have been registered in the name of Rosemary Saïd, a British woman. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Leak exposes Washington Post boss Will Lewis’s role as secret adviser to Boris Johnson while PM

Extensive meetings in 2022 between Lewis, then vice-chair of AP, and Johnson were not disclosed in transparency recordsThe publisher of the Washington Post, Will Lewis, is facing fresh questions over his independence after a cache of leaked files revealed he gave extensive support to Boris Johnson as a secret political adviser when Johnson was prime minister.The files shed light on how the media executive, who at the time was vice-chair of the Associated Press news agency, worked behind the scenes with Johnson as his premiership was engulfed by a series of scandals. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Area of England well protected for nature is in decline, data shows

Wildlife coalition says figure stands at 2.83% of country, less than in 2024 and tiny fraction of the 2030 target of 30%The area of England protected effectively for nature is continuing to decline, according to data from the country’s largest coalition of wildlife organisations, as experts say the government is allowing habitats to deteriorate.The government is under a legal obligation to protect 30% of land and sea in the UK for nature by 2030, a pledge made in 2020 by the then prime minister, Boris Johnson. At the moment, however, 2.83% of England is well protected for nature, 2.4% of Wales, 4% of Northern Ireland and 12.6% of Scotland. This gives an average of 6% of the UK as a whole, which is well below the target. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Revealed: Boris Johnson approached Elon Musk on behalf of London Evening Standard owner Lebedev

Revealed: Boris Johnson approached Elon Musk on behalf of London Evening Standard owner Lebedev  The Guardian

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5 d. ago Badenoch defends Johnson over claims he profited from contacts made in office

The Guardian newspaper reported that the former prime minister has profited from the influence and contacts gained while in office.

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5 d. ago Boris Johnson's data leaked sparking 'shocking allegations' with 'questions to answer'

The former PM was accused of hosting a Tory peer who financed a lavish refurbishment of his Downing Street flat, a day after the second lockdown came into force

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6 d. ago Revealed: how Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals

Exclusive: Leak exposes how former leader has used publicly subsidised office to manage commercial interestsA trove of leaked data from Boris Johnson’s private office reveals how the former prime minister has been profiting from contacts and influence he gained in office in a possible breach of ethics and lobbying rules.The Boris Files contain emails, letters, invoices, speeches and business contracts. They shine a spotlight on the inner workings of a publicly subsidised company Johnson established after leaving Downing Street in September 2022.Johnson lobbied a senior Saudi official he had met while in office, asking him to share a pitch with the petrostate’s autocratic crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, for a firm he co-chairs.The ex-PM received more than £200,000 from a hedge fund after meeting Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro – contrary to statements he was not paid.While in office, Johnson appears to have held a secret meeting with Peter Thiel, the billionaire who founded t...

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7 d. ago Slow Horses author compares ‘bogeyman’ character Peter Judd to Boris Johnson

Writer attended Balliol College, Oxford at the same time as the former Tory leader

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7 d. ago Boris Johnson would never be welcome in party, Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf says

Zia Yusuf branded the former Conservative leader ‘one of the worst prime ministers in British history’.

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7 d. ago Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage must unite to crush Labour for the good of the country, says Nadine Dorries

Nadine Dorries, who last week sensationally defected to Reform UK, appealed to both men to work together when speaking on the Daily Mail's latest 'Alas Vine and Hitchens' podcast.

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8 d. ago Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage must join forces to save Britain, urges Nadine Dorries after sensational defection to Reform

Nadine Dorries, who last week sensationally defected to Reform UK, appealed to both men to work together when speaking on the Daily Mail's latest 'Alas Vine and Hitchens' podcast.

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8 d. ago To beard or not to beard? Scientists reveal the surprising reason why men including Brad Pitt, Prince William, and even Boris Johnson look better with facial hair

From Brad Pitt to Prince William and Boris Johnson, many men look a lot better with a beard and now scientists have revealed the evolutionary explanation behind the 'beard glow up'.

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8 d. ago BORIS JOHNSON: My audience with the young men willing to die to stop China seizing vital technology that would put its hands around the windpipe of the West

I am sitting in the foreign ministry in Taipei with a tropical thunderstorm going crackers outside, and as lunch comes to an end I decide to put the crucial question.

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