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How Boris Johnson changed my life
Over the coming weeks we will be regaled with dozens of personal recollections, from around the world, of the man…
Boris's Tory assassins have learnt nothing from Thatcher's downfall
John Stuart Mill once dismissed the Tories as ‘the stupid party’. When a reader queried the insult, Mill qualified it, but…
Has Jeremy Hunt been left in the lurch?
Boris’s decision to quit yesterday fired the starting gun on the greatest game of them all: the Tory leadership race.…
The problem with Tom Tugendhat’s ‘clean start’ manifesto
Tom Tugendhat has become the first of the Tory MPs depicted on our cover this week to confirm that he…
Boris didn’t break the system
Britain’s Donald Trump. A constitutional vandal. A grave and potentially even systemic threat to the rule of law and representative…
Why I'm not celebrating Boris Johnson's downfall
I know it’s the season of ‘dunking on Boris’, which is fine. He deserves a bit of dunking for the errors…
If the EU disliked Boris, they'll hate his successor
Three, five, or perhaps even ten whole minutes. In a more civilised, parallel universe, perhaps Europe’s big wigs would have…
The coming age of the vasectomy
The Supreme Court has overturned the tables that have governed our mating and dating for the past half century. We…
Boris was never Trump
The urge to compare Boris Johnson to Donald Trump was always irresistible. It has been fun, too. Both men are colourful…
How Carrie helped blow it for Boris
Of course it is sexist to blame the woman. But, in the case of Carrie Johnson, it cannot be said…
Boris Johnson says goodbye – reluctantly
Boris Johnson has announced his resignation. Speaking outside 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister confirmed that he would reluctantly leave…
Full text: Boris Johnson’s resignation speech
Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you. It is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative party that there should be…
Boris should leave No. 10 immediately
Boris Johnson should stand down with immediate effect. Yes, he has managed to fill various cabinet posts. But he will…
Could Boris Johnson last until November?
The prime minister is resigning today, and staying on as caretaker till the autumn, but that leaves very big decisions…
The real reason Boris has gone
Boris, your leader, hasn’t gone because he handled ineptly the fall-out from deputy chief whip Chris Pincher’s well-lubricated non-consensual bum-fun.…
The Tories will miss Boris now he’s gone
Boris Johnson was often talked about as the luckiest politician on earth — and in a sense he was. Outrageous…
Boris’s premiership in seven graphs
Boris Johnson has just resigned – forced out by the sheer number of resignations, leaving him without a government. He…
Full list: Tory endorsements for next leader
Boris Johnson will today announce his resignation as Prime Minister, with an official statement outside Downing Street expected later this…
Live: Boris fights on as cabinet resignations continue
Boris Johnson is fighting on as Prime Minister, after sacking Michael Gove from the cabinet on Wednesday night. He may…
Suella Braverman announces Tory leadership bid
Boris Johnson has so far had four cabinet ministers resign and sacked one – in the form of Michael Gove. Now,…
Questioning the pro-choice propaganda
You must have seen the horrific story reported out of Ohio. A 10-year-old child became pregnant through sexual abuse. Under…
Live: Michael Gove sacked as Boris Johnson begins reprisals
Michael Gove has been sacked from the cabinet, as Boris Johnson attempts to reassert control after today’s 41 ministerial resignations.…
Watch: Douglas Murray clashes with Alastair Campbell
As the news rolled in that Michael Gove had been sacked by Boris Johnson, our own Douglas Murray was on…
Boris Johnson will go down fighting
Tonight it is clear that the only way Tory MPs can remove Boris Johnson is through the new 1922 executive…
Boris skewered – for one last time?
A brutal encounter at the Liaison Committee this afternoon. Boris was grilled for two hours by a gang of aggressive…
