Trailing Liz Truss on the Maga speaking circuit
Also this week: reflecting on Wilde, and American political lingo
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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, better known as “Boris Johnson”, is a British politician. He is the former mayor of London and the former prime minister of the United Kingdom between July 2019 and September 2022, and the former leader of the Conservative Party. Johnson studied at Eton College and then read classics at Balliol College at the University of Oxford. He has also worked as a journalist with different publications, such as the Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Spectator. Find all our latest news, comment and analysis on the former prime minister here.
Gavin Williamson throws Boris Johnson under the bus
Giving evidence at the Covid inquiry, the former PM bristled at accusations made by his education secretary
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Exclusive: Starmer outspends Johnson on levelling up in first year
Labour invested £2bn more on Levelling Up in its first year
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Boris can still win
The revelations of the Guardian’s “Boris Files” are far from Johnson’s first scandal.
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PMQs review: Angela Rayner spared by calamity Kemi
The Tory leader has fumbled yet another easy catch.
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Douglas Carswell has sunk to the gutter
The former MP is far from the only Brit to be sent into a rage spiral by watching X.
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Is Theresa May your hero?
Rory Stewart thinks she should be.
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How Labour fell in love with Dominic Cummings
Five years ago the British left thought dark data Dom was a crank. Now they take his ideas seriously.
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The special relationship that wasn’t
British prime ministers keep putting faith in Washington, and it keeps letting them down.
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Keir Starmer’s credit arrears
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Lucy Connolly is not a political prisoner
Weaponising the imprisoned mother doesn’t help her.
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Inside the Conservative Party’s existential spiral
Some are calling time on Kemi Badenoch’s leadership, others think they cannot weather much more ruction.
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Who could succeed Kemi Badenoch?
The name “Boris Johnson” is being whispered in Tory circles once more.
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Donald Trump’s useful fools have betrayed Ukraine
Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Nigel Farage knew Trump’s views on the war. So why did they back him nonetheless?
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The “Boriswave” problem
Why higher immigration is at the heart of the crisis facing Kemi Badenoch.
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The British media goes bendy bananas over Europe (again)
Also this week: Trump’s Pentagon press purge and a new mission for Toby Jones.
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The privilege of journeying home
Not everyone has a family to return to at Christmas. Those of us who do shouldn’t take it for granted.
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Boris Johnson’s performance art
Is the media campaign to promote his new memoir also a return to politics?
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The two sides of Boris Johnson
His memoir Unleashed contains surprising moments of candour – but they are swept away on a tide of shameless self-justification.
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The wrongness of Boris Johnson
Despite being strewn with mistakes, Unleashed shows that deep down the former PM always believes himself to be right.
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