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Boris Johnson 'sleepwalking into the next disaster' says Walden Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s time in office is looking more precarious by the day. Sir Keir Starmer is leading the calls from opposition MPs for Mr Johnson to resign without delay. Pressure has ramped up on the Conservative leader after the publication of Sue Gray’s report into Government lockdown parties, on Wednesday. Related articles Brexit: 'Not what we voted for' furious Farage pinpoints Rejoiner alliance threat: Boris warned Brexit could be REVERSED Developments in the Partygate scandal have led to Mr Johnson’s popularity … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson could LOSE his seat at next general election – latest polls

Partygate: Tories are 'lumbered with Boris' says former MP Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Photographs of Prime Minister Boris Johnson raising a glass at a Downing Street party were released by ITV News on Monday evening. They show Mr Johnson with at least seven others at communications chief Lee Cain’s farewell gathering on November 13, 2020 – during the second coronavirus national lockdown. Related articles Brexit: 'Not what we voted for' furious Farage pinpoints Rejoiner alliance threat: Boris warned Brexit could be REVERSED Senior civil servant Sue Gray published her report on Wednesday and included nine images of Mr … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson should NOT resign after bombshell photos—‘All political nonsense!’

Families who lost loved ones to coronavirus have spoken of their fury and devastation at the new revelations of partying by the Prime Minister and staff at No 10 Downing Street in the Sue Gray Report . While those who set the Covid rules were carousing until 4am, singing karaoke and drinking until they were sick, the families were unable to spend those last precious moments with their dying relatives. The 37-page document includes damning details of the revelry that took place at the heart of Government, in flagrant disregard for the rules. Lobby Akinnola, spokesperson for Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice, said: “When they were texting colleagues about getting away with it, we were having to text our families telling them they couldn’t come to their loved ones’ funerals.” Sue Gray's report has been published ( Image: PA) Here some of the families talk of their pain: Colin Jones Tiffany Jones’ father Colin died of Covid late on December 18, 2020, the … [Read more...] about ‘My father died of Covid while Boris Johnson’s staff held a Christmas party’

Boris Johnson looked like "a man swimming in porridge" when he batted back questions about the damning Sue Gray report . The prime minister's words, tone and body language were scrutinised as he fielded questions at a press conference following his bold appearance at PMQs . Refusing to resign, he told ministers "it's my job to get on with my job and deliver" after photos emerged of him raising a glass at a Downing Street party during lockdown. Just one Tory MP has today broken cover to call for Mr Johnson to resign with the Cabinet readily lining up behind him. Body language expert Judi James has analysed the beleaguered PM - and it does not make for pretty reading His phrase "let’s be absolutely clear" was thrown out like a life raft when he was questioned over the latest scandal and proceeded to "um" and "err". Leading body language and communication expert Judi James scrutinised Mr Johnson's performance and compared him to "a man swimming in porridge." "Boris … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson ‘looked like he was swimming in porridge’, says body language expert

Boris Johnson has faced mounting pressure from the public and politicians over the partygate scandal. Since news first emerged of Covid-breaking events at Downing Street and Whitehall, calls were made from across the political spectrum for him to stand down. Mr Johnson received one fine attending his own birthday party where he was infamously ‘ambushed with a cake.’ There was fresh scrutiny on the partygate scandal yesterday with the much-anticipated publication of the Sue Gray report. Yesterday Mr Johnson said: ‘I full responsibility for everything that took place on my watch.’ Metro.co.uk have compiled a list of the Tory rebels who have spoken out and called for their leader’s resignation. Stephen Hammond: MP for Wimbledon The Tory MP turned on Mr Johnson and submitted a letter of no confidence to 1922 committee today. Stephen Hammond, the veteran MP for Wimbledon, said he refuses to ‘defend the indefensible’. In a statement, he wrote: ‘The Sue … [Read more...] about Full list of Tories who have called for Boris Johnson to quit over Partygate

Boris Johnson raises a glass of wine and toasts the departure of his director of communications. The glass of fizz (possibly champagne) is gripped in his right hand, a smile on the Prime Minister’s face as he and at least seven members of his Downing Street press team say their farewells to Lee Cain, his departing official spokesman who had fallen out with Mr Johnson’s young fiancee Carrie Symonds (now his wife). Yet eight days before this incriminating photograph was taken on November 13 2020, the Prime Minister had plunged England into a second national lockdown. Pubs were shut, travel banned and socialising indoors or even in back gardens prohibited. On the table in the photograph’s foreground appears prima facie evidence of what could only best be described as a party. There are two bottles of bubbly, four bottles of wine (two red and two white) and half a bottle of gin. Most of the booze has been drunk bar one bottle of unopened fizz, visible at the very edge of the picture. … [Read more...] about The incriminating new images of Boris Johnson that could put the fizz back into partygate

Five more Conservative MPs are preparing to submit letters of no confidence in Boris Johnson , according to reports. A member of the government could even join the plotters after the publication of Sue Gray’s ‘update’ on Downing Street parties failed to quell discontent within the Conservative Party . On Wednesday, three more Tory MPs confirmed publicly that they had written to 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady, who needs to receive 54 letters before a vote is triggered. It now means that 13 backbenchers have told the PM to go due to his handling of ‘partygate’, that has provoked such anger among the electorate. They could be about to be joined by five more rebel MPs as early as today, The Times reported. The latest plan to oust the PM has been dubbed by some as the ‘cream tea coup’ as two of the MPs to speak out – Anthony Mangnall and Sir Gary Streeter – represent seats in Devon. Mr Johnson himself however has rejected calls to resign and said he … [Read more...] about ‘Cream tea coup’ could see five more MPs call for Boris Johnson to resign today

A Tory MP has called on Boris Johnson to quit over revelations about partygate. Julian Sturdy said it was ‘in the public interest’ for the prime minister to quit following the publication of the Sue Gray report. While some Conservatives have called on Mr Johnson to quit over the scandal previously, Mr Sturdy is the first do so since the report was published. His intervention will make government whips nervous it could be the first of several, although it remains unclear whether enough formal letters of no confidence will be submitted to trigger a leadership election. The York Outer MP publicly withdrew his support while the PM was meeting with backbenchers. Mr Johnson was greeted by the banging of tables as he entered the meeting room of the 1922 Committee to continue efforts to see off any potential leadership bid. It comes after two snap polls found a clear majority of voters think the PM should quit over the affair. In a statement, Mr Sturdy said: … [Read more...] about Tory MP calls on Boris Johnson to quit over partygate sham

Boris Johnson on Thursday hailed the Queen as “Elizabeth the Great” as he praised her “profound knowledge” of politics and world affairs and said no monarch had served their country so long or so well. The Prime Minister expressed hope that the nation would next week come together in celebration of her Platinum Jubilee to reciprocate the “love, devotion and leadership” she had shown the country over the past 70 years. Mr Johnson was speaking to the House of Commons in a “humble address” to the Queen, scheduled to allow politicians to pay tribute to Her Majesty ahead of next week’s Jubilee celebrations . “No monarch, by her efforts and dedication and achievement, better deserves the attribute of greatness,” he said. “And for me, she is already Elizabeth the Great.” Mr Johnson acknowledged that for the Queen, the four-day bank holiday weekend would be “tinged with sadness” without the Duke of Edinburgh by her side. He added: “I hope in the coming days that we can together … [Read more...] about ‘Elizabeth the Great’: Boris Johnson hails the Queen ahead of Platinum Jubilee

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has made a Brexit Day speech hailing the UK’s departure from the European Union as “astonishing moment of hope” that is “not an end but a beginning.” In a message recorded by government officials and emailed to media in the final hours before Brexit, he described it as “potentially a moment of real national renewal and change.” “This is the moment when the dawn breaks and the curtain goes up on a new act in our great national drama,” he said. He said that, “for all its strengths and for all its admirable qualities, the EU has evolved over 50 years in a direction that no longer suits this country,” adding: “That is a judgment that you, the people, have now confirmed at the polls. Not once, but twice.” The tone and message were markedly different from those of French President Emmanuel Macron, who offered words of reassurance for British citizens living in France and gave a rallying message for the European Union. “We have … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson calls Brexit ‘an astonishing moment of hope’