2 h. ago Boris Johnson urges Keir Starmer to boost UK defence spending to 3% of GDP

Speaking from Kyiv on the third anniversary of the start of the conflict, he demanded a rise to at least three per cent of GDP to help guarantee European security against Russian aggression.

Politics

4 h. ago Boris Johnson urges Starmer to increase defence spending to 3%

Mr Johnson was on Monday in Kyiv for the third anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Politics

8 h. ago Germany election: Merz says it’s ‘five to midnight’ for Europe

Leader of victorious conservative alliance says continent must build defence capability as US moves towards ‘America alone’ mottoThe man expected to be Germany’s next chancellor has said Europe must act swiftly to increase its defence capability in the face of a US administration whose motto is moving towards “America alone”, adding: “This is really five minutes to midnight for Europe.”In a wide-ranging press conference after his conservative alliance’s victory in Sunday’s federal election, Friedrich Merz made it clear his focus was on the turbulent geopolitical landscape, saying that although he would seek good ties with the US he was also ready for “the worst-case scenario”. Continue reading...

Politics

9 h. ago Germany election: Europe must boost defence capabilities quickly, says Merz

Leader of victorious conservative alliance says transatlantic alliance will be difficult with Trump’s ‘America alone’ mottoThe man expected to be Germany’s next chancellor has said Europe must act swiftly to increase its defence capability in the face of a US administration whose motto is moving towards “America alone”, adding: “This is really five minutes to midnight for Europe.”In a wide-ranging press conference after his conservative alliance’s victory in Sunday’s federal election, Friedrich Merz made it clear his focus was on the turbulent geopolitical landscape, saying that although he would seek good ties with the US he was also ready for “the worst-case scenario”. Continue reading...

Politics

9 h. ago Boris Johnson 'runs out' of Piers Morgan chat hours after Good Morning Britain chaos

It seems Boris Johnson is on a roll today as he has been seen exiting not one but two television interviews today, with Piers Morgan reminiscing over their previous 'fridge' incident

Politics

12 h. ago Merz strikes urgent tone in calling for more European independence from US

Stance of German alliance’s leader could herald closer ties with France but ‘debt brake’ poses obstacle to spendingGerman election live – latest updatesFriedrich Merz marked his conservative alliance’s victory in Germany’s election by urging Europe to make itself more independent from the US – a project that will be music to the ears of Emmanuel Macron but may turn on whether Merz can build a Bundestag majority to lift the so-called debt brake that slows increases in defence spending.One possibility for the CDU/CSU alliance leader, who is on course to become Germany’s next chancellor, is to claim that the country is in an emergency, to try to force the change through the Bundestag before its dissolution. Continue reading...

Events

13 h. ago Boris Johnson claims Ukraine ‘days away’ from handing earth minerals to US as part of peace deal

Former PM’s ‘attitude that everything will be OK in the end is misguided and frankly dangerous’ says Labour MP

Politics

14 h. ago Boris Johnson abruptly ends Good Morning Britain interview in Ukraine

Boris Johnson was speaking from the Ukrainian capital on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion

Politics

15 h. ago US and Ukraine 'very close' to signing minerals deal: Kyiv minister says 'nearly all' details of pact with Trump are finalised as Boris Johnson hails chance to secure future

Kyiv's deputy PM said 'nearly all' the details of a pact were now settled after weeks of bitter wrangling between Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump .

Politics

16 h. ago Boris and Carrie Johnson enjoy luxury trip away to Saudi Arabia with their children after 'miserable' Christmas

Mrs Johnson posted scenes from a family trip to a resort in Saudi Arabia, including her husband hugging their 19-month-old third child Frank.

Politics

16 h. ago GMB host cut off as Boris Johnson ends interview and 'walks off' screen: 'I've got to go'

Boris Johnson was a bit of a surprise guest on Good Morning Britain this morning

Politics

17 h. ago Boris Johnson says 'I've got to go' as ends GMB interview and 'walks off' screen

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson was interviewed by Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain

Politics

17 h. ago Boris Johnson walks out of Good Morning Britain interview and says 'I've got to go'

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson was interviewed by hosts Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid on ITV's Good Morning Britain, but he told them he was out of time

Politics

17 h. ago US and Ukraine 'very close' to signing minerals deal that would commit Trump to Kyiv's future, says Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson sounded an upbeat tone after weeks of bitter wrangling between Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump.

Politics

18 h. ago Boris Johnson awkwardly cuts off Good Morning Britain interview 'I've got to go'

The former prime minister was live from Kyiv on Monday's Good Morning Britain

Politics

19 h. ago Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid halts live broadcast for 'breaking news' announcement

Good Morning Britain was abruptly halted on Monday as Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid cut to a live interview with former Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Politics

22 h. ago How Donald Trump has betrayed UK as well as Ukraine. We must increase defence spending

The UK will have to dig deep to help Ukraine defend itself, for the sake of our own security as well as theirs

Politics

34 h. ago Starmer and Macron to urge ‘united leadership’ supporting Kyiv on Trump visit

The Prime Minister and French president used a phone call on Sunday afternoon to reiterate their support for Ukraine.

Politics

42 h. ago Trump’s bullshit blitz has Europe on its knees | Stewart Lee

For the US president’s cheerleaders, the whitewashing of the deaths of ten of thousands of Ukrainians is a small price to pay for sticking it to the wokeratiWas it really only a month ago that the pole-dancer patron, fridge explorer, Brexit get-doer, model bus maker, sofa-strainer, wall-spaffer, current Daily Mail columnist and former British prime minister Boris Johnson eulogised the inauguration of Donald Trump in the Mail, recounting how, as the “invisible pulse of power surged” from the battered bible into the hand of Trump: “I saw the moment the world’s wokerati had worked so hard to prevent.”I hope Johnson is pleased with the way things have worked out. Because now the foolish wokerati have been schooled beyond Johnson’s wettest dreams. It’s the Trump-Putin-bin Salman party! An adjudicated sex offender and convicted fraudster, and a man who sanctioned a chemical warfare hit, killing a British citizen on British soil, have met at the luxury Saudia Arabian hotel of another man, ...

Events

46 h. ago Why Conservatives must revive Thatcherism in face of threats from Putin and Reform

The UK needs to create a strong economy – a task way beyond the quick-fix charlatans of the policy-less Reform UK party – in order to increase defence spending

Politics