Jeremy Clarke was a supreme chronicler of the hand-to-mouth life
I lament the loss of my fellow down-at-heel columnist. We aren’t the kind that hang around for long.
ByBoris Johnson
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.
Sunak has no right to lecture Starmer on character
The Prime Minister has been an apologist and enabler of Boris Johnson, and only resigned when it was politically convenient.
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You Ask Us: What next for Boris Johnson – and Angela Rayner
The NS podcast team answers your questions.
Sunak misses the chance to distance himself from Boris Johnson
The PM was one of many Conservatives who failed to turn up for the Commons vote on the Privileges Committee’s…
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Why we should fear a Tory rout
Electoral humiliation could enable a comeback by Boris Johnson or the rise of Suella Braverman.
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Is Johnson now so different from Trump?
The Conservatives have failed to learn from the Republicans’ mistakes.
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Boris Johnson is finished. Salt the earth and tramp the dirt down
He always wanted to be remembered by history; now there’s a novella-length parliamentary report detailing his personality flaws.
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Boris Johnson: the verdict
The Privileges Committee has found the former PM lied to MPs.
Boris Johnson wants leniency no one else is getting
The former PM’s response to the Privileges Committee report on partygate is an insult to the public and parliament.
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The partygate report is as bad as it could have been
The Privileges Committee’s conclusions are a searing indictment of Boris Johnson’s character.
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Some posh boys lied to Nadine Dorries, but not the one she thinks
The Tory MP for Mid Bedfordshire seems to consider her lack of a peerage a scandal of national importance.
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The tug of war over Boris Johnson’s honours list is also a contest for favour from the Tory press
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The fall of the unpopular populist
Boris Johnson refusal to face a potential by-election is a reflection of his diminished standing.
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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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The humiliation of the populists
Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon have both been undone by democracy.
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It’s time for Rishi Sunak to get ruthless with Boris Johnson
The Prime Minister should make clear there is no way back for his disgraced predecessor.
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Labour and the Lib Dems need a non-aggression pact for the by-elections
A split in the anti-Conservative vote in Mid Bedfordshire could allow the Tories to cling on.
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The delusions of the Johnsonian right
The former PM’s acolytes see the world as they would like it to be – not as it is.
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The Johnson Restoration now seems an impossible dream
Could Rishi Sunak prevent the former PM from standing in a different seat before the election?
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Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson’s other enablers should never be forgiven
It was Sunak who helped the great con man of British politics secure the Tory party leadership.
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