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Who says Boris has to go?
As the cameras burped and clicked, as an aggravated nation watched, Boris Johnson announced that he was giving up. ‘Let…
Who could replace Boris Johnson?
You have to wonder how much longer Boris Johnson can cling on. Sooner or later, he has to run out…
Tory Twitter gets personal
Resignations! Accusations! Recriminations! It’s all kicking off in the Tory party at present. One man’s misfortune is another man’s opportunity…
Rishi Sunak will be missed as Chancellor
We will never know the counterfactuals of the past few years. What if another MP had been made Chancellor when…
Full list: the Tory MPs who have quit Boris's government
Boris Johnson’s week has gone from bad to worse. Following partygate, two bruising by-election losses in Tiverton and Honiton and…
Will Nadhim Zahawi be a tax cutting Chancellor?
Just over three hours after Rishi Sunak resigned as Chancellor, Boris Johnson appointed his successor. Downing Street confirmed on Tuesday…
Boris appoints Steve Barclay as Health Secretary
Steve Barclay is the new Health Secretary. This is a fascinating move for both political and policy reasons. The first…
The silence of Nadhim Zahawi
One by one, cabinet ministers are confirming that they are not resigning this evening, leaving a very small group of…
Rishi Sunak won’t be missed as Chancellor
Rishi Sunak’s resignation was, without question, a brave, honourable and dignified decision. By stepping away from the cabinet, the Chancellor…
Johnson's loyalists try to steady the ship
MPs and aides in Westminster are on tenterhooks this evening as to whether more ministers will follow in the footsteps…
Watch: Tory vice chair resigns live on air
You know it’s bad when the Old Etonians are turning on you. After the Cabinet departures of Rishi Sunak and…
Boris remains 'bullish' as his cabinet implodes
Shortly after he received the resignations of Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid, Boris Johnson addressed around 70 Tory MPs who…
A double cabinet resignation is a blow Boris is unlikely to survive
So it has started. The joint resignation of Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid marks a cabinet coup against Boris Johnson,…
Who will join Sunak and Javid in quitting the cabinet?
The Chancellor and the Health Secretary have both resigned and at least one more cabinet minister is considering their position.…
How can Boris Johnson survive this?
This evening Boris Johnson has attempted to get a grip on the crisis engulfing his government. Only after two senior…
Rishi Sunak: why I've quit as Chancellor
Below is Rishi Sunak’s letter to Boris Johnson, explaining why he is quitting as Chancellor. Dear Prime Minister, It is with…
Sajid Javid: why I quit as Health Secretary
Below is Sajid Javid’s letter to Boris Johnson, explaining why he is quitting as Health Secretary. Prime Minister, it was…
Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid quit the cabinet
Rishi Sunak has joined Sajid Javid in resigning from the cabinet in a major blow to Boris Johnson’s hopes of…
I stand with Macy Gray
There’s a new heretic in town. It’s the great Macy Gray. Ms Gray has uttered that most blasphemous of beliefs…
Twitter gives Jordan Peterson the boot, Dave Rubin follows
Jordan Peterson went from being a psychologist advising troubled kids to an unlikely political figure as he fought against the…
Boris’s desperate tearoom tour
This afternoon, a text message went out to certain Tory MPs telling them that the Prime Minister was going to…
Watch: Cabinet minister laughs at Boris's excuse
Boris Johnson has more lives than a cat but is the reign of the ‘world king’ finally coming to an…
Boris ‘forgot’ about Pincher allegations, claims minister
The government’s line yesterday on what Boris Johnson knew about Chris Pincher’s behaviour kept changing. Today, it’s quite hard to find…
The real damage caused by eco-protestors
On Monday eco-protesters glued themselves to the frame of Constable’s painting The Hay Wain and covered it with an altered…
The European Court is powerless to stop Russia
Last Thursday saw a wry twist to the Ukraine war. The European Court of Human Rights solemnly intoned that Russia…
