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How Deep England fell out of love with Boris Johnson
The disgraced former prime minister is not welcome among his new neighbours in rural Oxfordshire.
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Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list will be the final insult
The likes of Paul Dacre, Nadine Dorries and the wife of a former Putin minister are set to be rewarded…
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To ward off election hubris, Labour raises the spectre of Neil Kinnock in 1992
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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How Boris Johnson got found out
Johnson was good at running for office but hopeless at running the country. Once the public understood this, he had…
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There is every reason to fear the return of Boris Johnson as prime minister
If the Tories crash to defeat at the next election, would anyone bet against them embracing Johnson as their saviour?
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Will Boris Johnson face a by-election over partygate?
The Privileges Committee could find the Prime Minister in contempt of parliament and potentially cost him his seat.
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PMQs: Boris Johnson warns that he’ll be back
At his final PMQs, Johnson made clear that he is as hungry for power as ever.
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Why no Tory leadership candidate can tell the truth about the economy
The policy that would do the most to boost growth is a sensible trading relationship with the EU.
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Is the UK’s cyber-space more secure after Boris Johnson?
Recent data shows a country largely unprepared for a more hostile cyber landscape.
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In 2019 Boris Johnson had everything he wanted. But the gods were waiting for him
The Prime Minister has left Britain unserious, divided and in need of complete transformation.
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Tim Key chronicles the last days of “Bohnson”
The comedian’s satirical poems charting Boris Johnson’s demise are grotesque and oddly poignant.
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The hollowness of Boris Johnson
The Prime Minister’s gift for shape-shifting powered his ascent – but in his downfall the emptiness of his politics was…
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The death of “Boris” the clown
All of a sudden nothing worked. The audience began to jeer. Yes, for the first time in his career, the…
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The final act in the Gove-Johnson psychodrama
The pair’s unlikely political alliance began at Oxford, was cemented by Brexit and ended with one last strike of revenge.
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How Boris Johnson sullied the establishment that made him
From Eton to Westminster, the disgraced Prime Minister has hurried the decline of the institutions he represented.
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Why the Tory contest is missing a Rory Stewart
We need a grown-up in the room.
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Abolish the resignation honours list before Boris Johnson makes a mockery of us all
What prestige can there be in a damehood if Nadine Dorries gets one?
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Has any prime minister done more damage than Boris Johnson?
Johnson leaves behind a constitution in tatters, a culture at war with itself, and a country that has become the…
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The Tory leadership candidates are all peddling dangerous delusions
No Conservative will dare admit the searingly obvious: Brexit is proving a catastrophe for Britain.
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