Boris Johnson

It's not too late for Boris Johnson

18 December 2021 9:00 am

It is two years since Boris Johnson achieved one of the most remarkable election victories in modern history. The large…

Can Boris take back control of No. 10?

18 December 2021 9:00 am

Can Boris take back control of No. 10?

The PowerPoint plot against Joe Biden

18 December 2021 9:00 am

If the revolution won’t be televised, the counter-revolution will at least be on PowerPoint. A series of 36 corporate-style PowerPoint…

Lockdown, protests, parties and Matt Hancock’s kiss

18 December 2021 9:00 am

January The United Kingdom found itself in possession of a trade agreement with the EU. Coronavirus restrictions were tightened. The…

Can Boris really blame the press for his defeat?

18 December 2021 2:17 am

When asked what went wrong in North Shropshire, Boris Johnson gave a fascinating answer: journalists. Apparently, they have been reporting…

How Boris Johnson survives

17 December 2021 11:54 pm

When the Conservative party looks in the mirror what does it see? Beyond the bruising, what face peers back from…

The joy of Boris’s bungled by-election

17 December 2021 10:04 pm

By any reasonable standard the result in the North Shropshire by-election must be reckoned the funniest in years. Perhaps even…

Unbowed Boris has put his Tory rivals in their places

16 December 2021 3:20 am

Boris was resurgent at PMQs today. He sprinkled scorn, merriment and mischief in all directions. He even boasted that last…

Boris is in deep trouble

15 December 2021 8:20 am

This evening feels eerily familiar to anyone who remembers the meaningful votes of Theresa May’s premiership. The Tory rebellion on…

Johnson is imperilled. So why are his enemies helping him?

13 December 2021 8:00 pm

It’s a topsy turvy world when your friends and allies do you all kinds of damage and then your enemies…

Boris Johnson is becoming a risk to his own Covid rules

13 December 2021 6:55 pm

‘It feels like a tipping point. Trust in Boris is collapsing. It could be fatal’. So spoke a senior Tory,…

Boris Johnson's Covid Christmas quiz

12 December 2021 7:40 pm

It’s hard to recall a more brutal set of Sundays for Boris Johnson. Today’s papers are dominated by ‘partygate’ in…

Boris’s successor should be Rishi Sunak, not Liz Truss

11 December 2021 9:00 pm

Is the ball about to come loose at the back of the scrum? Though an imminent defenestration of Boris Johnson…

The three problems facing Boris Johnson

10 December 2021 7:40 pm

Boris Johnson may be celebrating the birth of a baby daughter but that doesn’t mean the pressure on him is…

Is this the real reason Boris introduced Covid restrictions?

10 December 2021 12:05 am

If a day is a long time in politics, 36 hours is a lifetime with this government. On Tuesday morning,…

How much trouble is Boris Johnson in?

9 December 2021 8:35 pm

Just how bad is it for Boris Johnson? In some ways it’s difficult to tell, this is a prime minister…

Stratton resigns – but the row isn't over

9 December 2021 3:50 am

The row over the Downing Street ‘party’ has claimed its first victim. On Wednesday Allegra Stratton announced that she was…

PMQs: Boris's nadir

9 December 2021 3:05 am

The bombshell at bay. That’s how Boris looked at today’s PMQs. Deflated, cornered, winded and lifeless. Gone were the chuckles…

Boris Johnson is eating reality

9 December 2021 12:45 am

It is neither fair nor correct to say it was obvious from the moment Boris Johnson became Prime Minister that…

Boris throws his staff under the bus

9 December 2021 12:16 am

What possible lines of defence could the Prime Minister come up with after the leaking of footage showing his Downing…

Watch: No. 10 staff joking about Downing Street Christmas party

8 December 2021 5:38 am

Downing Street have spent the week trying to play down reports of a secret No. 10 party last Christmas when the rest of…

Why the No. 10 Christmas 'party' story matters

7 December 2021 3:15 am

It’s crime week for the government — with Boris Johnson and his ministers set to unveil a range of measures…

Could there be a Tory upset in North Shropshire?

30 November 2021 10:50 pm

As the government turns its attention to the new Covid variant, the ramifications of the Owen Paterson sleaze row are…

The mystery of Downing Street's cinema

28 November 2021 1:30 pm

As a former court room, the No. 9 Downing Street briefing hub has seen its fair share of drama –…

The tyranny of Boris Johnson’s mask mandate

28 November 2021 10:25 am

Today the government has said that for the next three weeks it will be mandatory to wear masks in shops…