Race to replace Johnson: Two candidates confirm bids, as Mordaunt, Hunt, Zahawi, Javid, Sunak, Truss, Baker and Wallace consider chances July 8, 2022 Two candidates have confirmed they are running in the Conservative leadership election, while at least five others are tipped to enter the contest. So far, only attorney general Suella Braverman and Foreign Affairs Select Committee chair Tom Tugendhat have issued their intention to run. 24-hours after Johnson announced he would step aside, a YouGuv poll [...]
Boris and Carrie Johnson cancel plans to hold wedding party at Chequers July 8, 2022 Boris and Carrie Johnson are no longer planning to host a wedding party at Chequers, which was reportedly to be held at the property despite the Prime Minister entering his final days in office as caretaker leader. The pair married in a low-key, private ceremony at Westminster Cathedral last year. A small group of family [...]
1922 Committee treasurer: ‘Ship has sailed’ on PM leaving immediately but new leader should come in ‘as soon as possible’ July 8, 2022 A senior figure in the powerful 1922 Committee has said Boris Johnson should be ousted “as soon as possible”. Backbench MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown commented the Prime Minister’s position, after Johnson announced he would leave office soon in a speech outside Number 10 on Thursday. This comes after more than 50 resignation letters were submitted, [...]
Angela Rayner: Labour will call a no-confidence vote if Boris Johnson doesn’t go by Monday July 8, 2022 Labour’s deputy leader has pledged to bring forward a vote of no confidence in the government if the Conservatives don’t immediately remove Boris Johnson. The opposition figure called on the party of government to quickly remove the incumbent “lame duck” of Number 10. Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has also said he’d back a [...]
LIVE BLOG: Boris Johnson ‘should not remain in Downing Street’ says former PM Sir John Major July 7, 2022 Welcome to City PM’s rolling coverage of the ongoing Conservative coup against prime minister Boris Johnson. We’ll bring you all the latest news, resignations, appointments, analysis and opinion, as well as the impact of the crisis on the markets and economy. 2pm – Former PM Sir John Major says Boris Johnson “should not remain in [...]
‘Them’s the breaks’: Defiant Boris Johnson resigns as Prime Minister July 7, 2022 Boris Johnson has formally announced his resignation as Conservative party leader and Prime Minister, telling a crowd of supporters and press outside Downing Street that he was “sad … to be giving up the best job in the world”. Johnson was defiant until the end and blamed today’s resignation on Wesminster’s “herd” mentality, instead of [...]
New prime minister has to grapple with ‘unsustainable’ UK indebtedness, fiscal watchdog warns July 7, 2022 Britain is on “an unsustainable path” to high indebtedness unless action is taken to strengthen the public finances, the country’s fiscal watchdog warned today. A combination of higher health spending to deal with an ageing society, the loss of motoring taxes due to the transition to net zero and greater geo-political risks could swell the [...]
Starmer, Sturgeon and Davey respond to Boris Johnson’s resignation: Election, referendum and unity on the table July 7, 2022 Labour leader Keir Starmer has led the response to Boris Johnson’s impending resignation, saying he has been “Responsible for lies, scandal and fraud on an industrial scale” North of the border, the Scottish National Party’s Nicola Sturgeon saw the resignation as a renewed opportunity to push for independence, while Wales’ First Minister Mark Drakeford called [...]
Sadiq Khan rules out running as an MP if general election is called July 7, 2022 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has branded Boris Johnson’s refusal to quit ” one of the most shameful sagas in the history of British politics”. The Labour politician, who took on the job from Johnson in 2016, said the PM “has presided over a government defined by lies, sleaze, an utter lack of integrity, unlawful [...]
Isolated Boris Johnson agrees to resign TODAY after all PM’s key ministers flee Downing Street July 7, 2022 Multiple sources are confirming Boris Johnson has agreed to stand down today. He will stay on as caretaker leader until new Tory leader elected this autumn. He will make a statement later today. The Prime Minister rejected calls to quit yesterday and dramatically sacked Cabinet rival Michael Gove, but was later hit with the departure [...]
