Boris Johnson’s Global Britain on the case
The new cabinet does not have the intellectual and political heavyweights that Britain needs to carve out her new role after Brexit. Government reshuffles...
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Do more: UK’s Johnson calls on firms to tackle internet’s ‘dark spaces’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell social media companies on Tuesday to do more to tackle online abuse, condemning racist comments made against England...
Pressure builds on UK’s Johnson to fire health secretary
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under mounting pressure on Saturday to fire his health secretary after the admission that he broke COVID-19 guidelines by...
How UK PM Johnson decided to delay Covid reopening
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday delayed by a month his plans to lift the last COVID-19 restrictions in England after modelling showed that...
UK PM acted unwisely over home refurbishment but no conflict of interest, says report
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson “unwisely” allowed a refurbishment of his residence to proceed without more rigorous consideration of how it would be funded but...
UK PM’s ineptitude led to tens of thousands of deaths, ex-aide says
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s inept handling of the COVID pandemic led to tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths, and officials even feared he would...
UK’s PM Johnson announces Covid-19 public inquiry (update)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday announced an inquiry next year into the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic that is likely to focus on why...
UK on course to ditch social distancing rule in June, says PM
Britain is on course to ditch the COVID-19 social distancing rule requiring people to stay at least one metre apart towards the end of next...
PM Johnson under pressure over apartment renovation
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under growing pressure on Wednesday to explain who financed the refurbishment of his Downing Street apartment after his former chief adviser...
UK hasn’t given up on May 17 return of foreign travel, says PM
Britain hasn’t given up on resuming international travel on May 17, but needs to be cautious given rising COVID-19 infections in Europe, its prime minister...
UK’s Johnson criticises ‘disgraceful’ attacks on police at protest
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday strongly criticised “disgraceful attacks” on police officers after protests in Bristol against a new policing bill turned violent,...
PM Johnson gets his first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received his first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on Friday and urged the public to do the same, saying...
Stricter lockdown restriction likely on the way, says UK PM Johnson
By William James British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday that tougher lockdown restrictions were probably on the way as COVID-19 cases keep rising,...
British PM Johnson’s father applying for French citizenship
The father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday he was in the process of applying for a French passport to maintain his...
UK PM Johnson speaks to Biden, discusses COVID-19 and climate change
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he spoke to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday about working together on tackling climate change and recovering from...
UK’s Johnson considering new national lockdown for England
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering imposing a new month-long national lockdown in England next week after scientists warned the coronavirus was spreading faster than their worst...
Boris Johnson says willing to take more active role over Cyprus problem
President Nicos Anastasiades informed UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the latest developments in the Cyprus problem and Turkey’s provocations in the Eastern Mediterranean during...
Johnson says Cyprus settlement in everyone’s interest, UNSG ‘remains committed’ (updated)
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he remains committed to supporting both sides in Cyprus in revitalising the political process while British Prime Minister...
Anastasiades to speak with UK PM on resuming Cyprus talks
President Nicos Anastasiades will have a phone call with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday, during which he is expected to assure him of...
The man with Britain strapped in his backseat
So far unassailable, Boris Johnson’s right-hand man Dominic Cummings offers a blend of high-end populism and selective technocracy By James Deferalist For quite some time...