Johnson’s populists have lost their battle with the Privileges Committee
The committee’s report on “interference” by MPs is an assertion of strength by an institution under attack.
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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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The humiliation of the populists
Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon have both been undone by democracy.
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Imagine if Boris Johnson was still prime minister
Tory MPs can feel vindicated by the return of partygate, but Rishi Sunak lacks answers to the bigger question of…
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Boris Johnson (still) thinks his ego is worth dividing the Tories for
He’d rather blame yet another police referral on political enemies than leave politics.
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Sunak is too busy firefighting in his own party to govern
Boris Johnson and Suella Braverman are headaches that just will not go away.
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Boris Johnson the clown’s first encore
Before the parliamentary Privileges Committee, he hunched his shoulders like an actor playing Churchill. But the music had stopped. The…
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Does Boris Johnson think he’s a good person?
I broke lockdown rules too – lots of us did – but at least I can acknowledge my selfishness and…
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Boris Johnson pleads idiocy
The former prime minister didn’t impress anybody at today’s Privileges Committee hearing.
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Boris Johnson made cheese and wine a police matter. There’s no point him complaining now
Even if Johnson can win over the Privileges Committee the public will never forgive him for his partygate hypocrisies.
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Tory MPs have a golden opportunity to end Boris Johnson’s political career
The charlatan who has so debased British politics and public life has run out of excuses.
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Boris Johnson’s political future rests on this week’s partygate hearing
Will the “greased piglet” wriggle free again?
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Weaponising Sue Gray’s Labour affiliation will not end well for the Tories
The civil servant is a shrewd choice as Keir Starmer’s new chief of staff – it raises the spectre of…
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Why the privileges committee must continue to investigate Boris Johnson
MPs accused of misconduct cannot assume they can escape sanction if they step down.
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The Lib Dems name their price for a deal with Labour
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The Metropolitan Police protects the powerful
Power doesn’t just corrupt those at the top – it prejudices the institutions that should keep them in line too.
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Who in their right mind would replace Christopher Geidt?
It’s difficult to be an ethics adviser to a man with no interest in being ethical.
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Boris Johnson’s government has lost all sense of direction – but so have his Tory opponents
On both sides of the no-confidence vote, there is incoherence and confused messaging over what to do next.
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Boris Johnson and “Partygate” dominate probe into Sunak’s cost-of-living package
Ahead of the no confidence vote, the Chancellor faced difficult questions about the Prime Minister.
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Boris Johnson still does not understand his great betrayal of ordinary people
The brave and dignified patients I encountered during the pandemic are the polar opposite of the Prime Minister.
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