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Who could replace Boris Johnson?

6 July 2022 4:18 pm

You have to wonder how much longer Boris Johnson can cling on. Sooner or later, he has to run out…

Tory Twitter gets personal

6 July 2022 4:16 pm

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

6 July 2022 3:15 pm

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

6 July 2022 7:59 am

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?

6 July 2022 7:27 am

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

6 July 2022 5:50 am

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

6 July 2022 5:19 am

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

6 July 2022 4:54 am

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

6 July 2022 4:45 am

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

6 July 2022 4:35 am

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

6 July 2022 4:21 am

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

6 July 2022 3:49 am

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?

6 July 2022 3:25 am

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?

6 July 2022 3:23 am

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

6 July 2022 3:15 am

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

6 July 2022 3:12 am

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

6 July 2022 3:06 am

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

6 July 2022 2:56 am

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

6 July 2022 2:41 am

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

6 July 2022 2:05 am

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

6 July 2022 1:11 am

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

5 July 2022 11:55 pm

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

5 July 2022 4:15 pm

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

5 July 2022 3:47 pm

Last Thursday saw a wry twist to the Ukraine war. The European Court of Human Rights solemnly intoned that Russia…

Is Starmer trying to have his Brexit cake and eat it?

5 July 2022 2:37 am

There are three big questions about Sir Keir Starmer’s ‘five point plan to make Brexit work’. First is whether it…