1 hour ago China 'stole vast amounts of classified material from UK government' for years but breach 'was covered up'

Dominic Cummings said he and ex-PM Boris Johnson were notified of the 'serious' breach - involving 'extremely dangerous' information - in 2020.

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8 h. ago Boris Johnson needs to take responsibility for immigration spike, says former right

Danny Kruger says Reform policy will target migrants who came to the UK under the ‘Boriswave’

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32 h. ago Rattled Johnson blames everyone but himself for ‘Boriswave’ of migrants

He attacks Rishi Sunak and David Cameron – but refuses to say the name of ‘Boriswave’ accuser Nigel Farage

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4 d. ago Johnson urged to explain dealings with Mohammed bin Salman since leaving No 10

Boris Johnson declined to react fully to media reports, which he said contained details from ‘material illegally hacked by a hostile state actor’.

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4 d. ago Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the GuardianBoris Johnson breached rules designed to stop the abuse of contacts and access made in public office, an ethics watchdog has found.Last month the Guardian published revelations about Johnson’s conduct since leaving office. The Boris Files, a trove of documents from the former prime minister’s private office seen by the Guardian, suggested he repeatedly broke rules forbidding him from exploiting for private gain contacts made in office. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago BORIS JOHNSON: Trump made peace in Gaza through sheer strength. Now he needs to put the hard word on Putin

There is still plenty that can go wrong. The remaining hostages have still not been returned. The Israelis have only just begun to withdraw from parts of Gaza.

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5 d. ago The £1m man: Why did Boris Johnson take his donor to Ukraine?

Exclusive: Leaked files offer a glimpse of the ex-prime minister’s relationship with Christopher HarborneAs he boarded the night train to Ukraine, Boris Johnson had the usual entourage of aides and bodyguards – plus the man who had given him £1m.Less than a year had passed since Johnson accepted what is thought to be the largest donation ever to an individual MP. It was from Christopher Harborne, one of the UK’s biggest and most private political donors. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago I preached levelling up as the key to Tory success – but Boris Johnson didn’t do it. Now look at us | Justine Greening

Social mobility and equality of opportunity is crucial to Britain’s success. The party that embraces those things will prosperJustine Greening is a former Conservative ministerAs the existentially challenged Conservative party meets in Manchester for its annual party conference, it has much to ponder on where it goes next. It’s not even clear if there is a road forward at all. These are tough times for a party that now has little, if anything, new or unique to say to voters.It could have been so different if it had made tangible progress on an agenda that matters to people across the country: Levelling up. Yet Boris Johnson’s government hadn’t got the first clue on how to turn his zeitgeisty rhetoric on levelling up into policy reality. For the two years after the 2019 election, it debated what the term even meant.Justine Greening is a former Conservative minister and was MP for Putney from 2005 to 2019 Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Has Kemi Badenoch sounded the death knell for one nation Conservatism?

The Tory leader’s shift to the right has left its centrist wing wondering if its tradition still has a futureIn one popular reading of the history of Tory successes, the party’s last three election-winning prime ministers – John Major, David Cameron and Boris Johnson – all swept into Downing Street on unifying one-nation platforms.But for many people this year’s Tory conference, marked by its hardening rhetoric on asylum seekers and growing overtures to Nigel Farage’s brand of politics, feels a far cry from those broad principles. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Half of Tory members think Badenoch should not lead party into next election

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick would be the favourite to succeed her if she stepped down in the next few months.

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9 d. ago Tories to propose £47bn cuts as conference focuses on ‘economic responsibility’

The party is seeking to distance itself from Liz Truss’s ill-fated package of tax cuts in 2022.

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9 d. ago Electoral system means Lib Dems will ‘undoubtedly’ win more seats than Tories

Polling expert Sir John Curtice said the coalition of voters Boris Johnson assembled in 2019 had all but broken up.

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9 d. ago Boris Johnson says he went ‘far too fast’ on net zero – report

Mr Johnson, who as prime minister pushed other nations to commit to reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050, said the target should be delayed.

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1 week ago Trump falsely claims that national guard troops are ‘in place’ in Portland

On a post on social media, the president says guards had been deployed, while no members were presentDonald Trump once again shared misinformation about Portland, Oregon, on social media on Wednesday, when he announced that the national guard troops he called up in response to a small protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) office in the otherwise tranquil city are “now in place” and have begun restoring “LAW AND ORDER”.However, Portland’s NBC News affiliate KGW reported 90 minutes after Trump’s social media post that no members of the guard were yet in place around the Ice field office where dozens of protesters have demonstrated against immigration sweeps since June. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Covid inquiry hears of ‘grievous harm’ suffered by children behind closed doors

The latest module of the inquiry will also examine the impact of learning moving online in lockdowns.

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2 w. ago Three Big Brother contestants put at risk of eviction on series’ launch episode

Presenters AJ Odudu and Will Best revealed the first eviction would take place on the series’ first night.

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2 w. ago BORIS JOHNSON: I will never accept a government ID card. I will never use one. If asked to produce one I will refuse

No, no, no, a thousand times no. I will not carry an ID card. I refuse point blank to enrol myself in any crackpot Labour scheme to control the British population. If I get any correspondence on the matter from any emanation of the State, I will simply tear it up.

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2 w. ago Boris Johnson brands Nigel Farage’s party ‘extremely dangerous’ as he rules out Reform move

Boris Johnson said Nigel Farage can’t be trusted as PM with rising tensions in Eastern Europe

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2 w. ago War of words breaks out between Boris and Nigel over Russia, security and the economy

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he had 'serious concerns' about Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's stance on Russia.

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2 w. ago Johnson accuses Farage of ‘extremely dangerous’ stance on Ukraine war

The former Conservative prime minister said he had ‘serious anxieties’ about the insurgent party’s approach to the economy and national security.

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