Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Keir Starmer has told Rishi Sunak to “find a backbone” and call a snap general election – after three quick-fire MP resignations left the prime minister facing by-election battles on multiple fronts. Boris […] More
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The government’s new small boats bill could lead to asylum seekers taking “more dangerous routes” to the UK, benefit people smugglers and worsen trafficking, a parliamentary report has found. An inquiry by the […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak is facing an unwelcome third by-election test after another MP ally of Boris Johnson dramatically quit his seat on Saturday. Nigel Adams, the MP for Selby and Ainsty, said he had […] More
Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Boris Johnson has doled out knighthoods and other gongs to fellow Brexiteers as part of his resignation honours. Former Brexit opportunities minister Jacob Rees-Mogg […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The immediate resignations of Boris Johnson and Nadine Dorries last night left Rishi Sunak facing two imminent by-elections. And while his Conservative government commands a healthly 24,664 majority in Ms Dorries’ Mid Bedfordshire […] More
Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson left chaos in his wake Saturday after quitting Parliament with a blast at fellow lawmakers he accused of […] More
Applause erupted as a BBC Radio 4 audience learned of Boris Johnson’s resignation during the recording of an Any Questions episode on Friday, 9 June, in Pembrokeshire.Host Alex Forsyth relayed the news that the former prime minister announced he is quitting as an MP, claiming he is the victim of a Partygate and Brexit witch-hunt.Mr Johnson’s resignation came as he received a report by a committee of MPs into whether he misled the Commons over his partygate assurances.”I really like the guy and I’m sorry he’s gone,” panellist and Conservative minister David TC Davies said to groans from the audience. More
Boris Johnson’s former press secretary has described the ex-prime minister’s resignation statement as “Trumpian.”Speaking to Sky News, Will Walden said his former boss had used the “language of vendetta” in a letter, which he called “deeply misleading in places,” announcing he is to step down as an MP.Mr Johnson’s resignation came on Friday, 9 June, as he received a report by a committee of MPs into whether he misled the Commons over his partygate assurances.The former prime minister wrote that he is being “driven” out of Parliament and claimed that he was a victim of a Partygate and Brexit witch-hunt. More
