Boris
Ending restrictions won't save Boris
Boris Johnson certainly managed to rally the troops on their first day back from recess this afternoon as he told…
What is Boris's partygate defence?
The presumption of many MPs — and maybe many of you — is that the Met is bound to issue…
The Ukraine crisis has united the West
There has been a subtle change of tone from Joe Biden and Boris Johnson about the likelihood of a Russian…
Who would join Boris's No. 10?
Munira Mirza’s resignation over Boris Johnson’s refusal to withdraw his Savile barb at Keir Starmer led to Downing Street bringing…
Why Munira Mirza’s resignation matters
Boris Johnson’s great strength has always been his ability to spot, recruit and hire a great variety of brilliant people.…
Boris is finished — it’s when, not if
This week, Michael Gove’s lengthy Levelling Up white paper talked about the ancient city of Jericho. This was largely because…
Boris Johnson's fightback has been cut short
Tobias Ellwood, the chair of the defence select committee, has this morning announced that he is sending a letter to…
Operation Save Big Dog and the real scandal of Boris’s leadership
There is a theory which states the primary reason for Boris Johnson’s political longevity is that there are simply so…
Did Johnson mislead the Commons?
Boris Johnson had hoped to move attention this week from parties — with a series of policy announcements planned as part of…
Boris Johnson is running out of road
There has been no good news for Boris Johnson today. After an email leaked on Monday evening showing that the Prime…
Boris Johnson rejects lockdown (again)
Boris Johnson latest Covid press conference was slightly confusing. The Prime Minister spent nearly an hour saying nothing particularly new.…
Can Boris really blame the press for his defeat?
When asked what went wrong in North Shropshire, Boris Johnson gave a fascinating answer: journalists. Apparently, they have been reporting…
Boris is in deep trouble
This evening feels eerily familiar to anyone who remembers the meaningful votes of Theresa May’s premiership. The Tory rebellion on…
Boris takes his colleagues for fools
Is Boris Johnson really deploying a ‘diversionary tactic’ in announcing vaccine passports on the day he has had to perform…
Boris throws his staff under the bus
What possible lines of defence could the Prime Minister come up with after the leaking of footage showing his Downing…
Boris's booster bet
Boris Johnson is relying heavily on the booster programme to protect Britain from any additional threat posed by the Omicron…
The cynical brilliance of Boris Johnson's green conversion
Does Boris Johnson really believe, as he told COP26 a few days ago, we’re at ‘one minute to midnight’ on…
Is Britain heading for a full-blown fish war with France?
As the COP26 summit gets underway, a diplomatic Brexit row is escalating on the sidelines of the conference over fish.…
Will the Tories cut taxes before the next election?
The Tory party has reached a fork in the road, I say in the Times today. One path involves sticking…
The real reason Britain failed on coronavirus
The joint health and science super-committee’s report into ‘lessons learned’ on the UK’s coronavirus response may not want to ‘point fingers…
The Tories will pay a price for Boris's housing strategy
One of the themes of Conservative conference was that the government has dropped plans for a radical reform of the…
Why Boris is losing his fight against Sturgeon
Gavin Barwell has made a good point, albeit inadvertently. Theresa May’s former chief of staff has a book out, imaginatively…
Boris's tetchy Marr interview showed the risks he is taking
Boris Johnson’s rather testy interview with Andrew Marr this morning revealed the political gamble that he is taking. Johnson is calculating…
No, Biden didn't just snub Brexit Britain
For European Union enthusiasts, the ‘trade deal with America’ has joined ‘£350 million pledge on a bus’ as one of…
Boris should keep copying Blair
Having written here at least once before that Boris Johnson is the heir to Blair, my first thought on the Prime…
