The Conservatives are doomed whether or not Boris Johnson survives
There is not a single candidate who seems capable of reuniting a hopelessly divided party.
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.
Boris Johnson has infected his party with chaos
Today’s vote of confidence makes no sense except as a howl of pain by Conservative MPs.
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Will Tory MPs remove Boris Johnson in no-confidence vote?
Since the vote is anonymous, it is difficult to predict how even the most loyal of Johnson’s supporters may vote.
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Why Liz Truss is most likely the next Tory leader
The Foreign Secretary’s politics are shared by the Tory membership and she appears hungrier for the role than her rivals.
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If Boris Johnson was a woman, he’d never get away with so much
Imagine a female prime minister with a reputation for partying, promiscuity and messy hair.
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Could Boris Johnson survive a no confidence vote?
As more MPs turn against the Prime Minister, a vote of confidence is looking ever more likely.
Why the cabinet, not Tory rebels, holds the key to ending Boris Johnson’s premiership
Eventually this pathetic spectacle will have to be put to an end by those who actually wield the power.
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I enjoy parties, but I don’t need them like Boris Johnson needs them
The Prime Minister desperately seeks affection, and one of the reasons people give parties is to make others like them.
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Sue Gray’s last hurrah
Your weekly dose of the gossip from Westminster.
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Boris Johnson’s options are narrowing as the Tory mood shifts
The former party leader William Hague has said that a no confidence vote could be called as soon as next…
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Criticising the government isn’t journalistic bias – it goes with the job
Boris Johnson and his party have weaponised their own definition of impartiality, to the detriment of democracy.
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Downing Street’s partygate lawlessness was a threat to public security
It is bizarre that every business understood the need to limit contact to avoid being paralysed by infections, but the…
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Why on Earth does Boris Johnson want to scrap the civil service fast-stream?
Wavering Tory voters in Wakefield aren’t worrying about the number of graduates in Defra.
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How much danger is Boris Johnson in?
If a confidence vote does happen, the Prime Minister’s authority will be shot even if he wins it.
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Boris Johnson’s Tory enablers should never be forgiven
Conservative MPs knew from the moment they chose Johnson as their leader that he was unfit for office.
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Boris Johnson has remade the British government in his own shambolic image
This government, like the man who leads it, has no higher mission than to win the next election.
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Of course the only person to resign over partygate is a woman
Women will learn from Allegra Stratton: never apologise.
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We are being gaslit by Boris Johnson’s government
Faced with so many untruths and contradictions around partygate, our anger quickly turns to confusion and then exhaustion.
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No 10 officials need to stand up to Boris Johnson, not appease him
If unchallenged, the Prime Minister will further contaminate the culture of the civil service with partygate, just as he has…
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Will the Sue Gray report finally unseat Boris Johnson?
The Prime Minister is struggling to hang on to party support, but the Tories are yet to find a suitable…
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