Boris Johnson

Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria on the steps of Number 10

A dramatic year in politics - Ian Swanson

Some of the shadow cabinet appointed by new Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch

It's a wonder they didn’t spontaneously combust- Vladimir McTavish

Former Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Jacob Rees-Mogg

VAT on private school fees? It’s enough to drive you to drink - Vladimir McTavis...

Housing is by far the largest source of carbon emissions coming from buildings in a city dominated by pre-war homes

Accounts Commission report reveals fantasy of council goals - John McLellan

Ian Rankin's new John Rebus thriller Midnight and Blue is out now

Never mind Bojo we all want to know how John Rebus is coping in prison - Susan D...

Boris Johnson’s memoir ‘should really be in the children’s section,’ says Vladimir McTavish (Picture: Dan Kitwood)

Johnson’s Churchillian posturing couldn’t be further from the truth - Vladimir M...

Shame we missed the Boris Johnson comedy TV show - Vladimir McTavish

Tory leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick speaking during his Conservative Party leadership campaign launch

Vladimir McTavish: Conservative party leader – who would want a job like that?

Neil Kinnock falls over on Brighton seafront in 1983.

Funny political stunts gone wrong from elections past

Labour's cautious campaign is sign of its seriousness about power

The betting scandal is a particularly apt ending to fourteen years of rule by a party who regard government as a trip to the casino

You’d better believe Sunak’s spin on 14 years of Tory rule isn’t working - Vladi...

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has earned £56,000 since 2017 in fees as a linesman.

Changing face of the Ross party - Angus Robertson

Don't forget to vote on July 4

Make sure you don’t lose your general election vote on July 4 - Susan Dalgety

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer welcomes former Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke in his parliamentary office in the House of Commons following her defection to Labour (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

Conservatives are unable to stop the boatloads of defectors - Vladimir McTavish

Vladimir's tram 'glided serenely' along Princes Street

Serene glide on the tram sees unfrazzled and stress-free airport arrival - Vladi...

Truss shows no remorse and blames 'economic establishment' Ian Swanson

Rishi Sunak visits an apprentice training centre at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) on March 18 in Coventry

End the agony Rishi, call an election - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Some Tory MPs are keen for Boris Johnson to replace Rishi Sunak as leader

Some desperate Tories are plotting to bring back Boris Johnson - Steve Cardowni...

Rise & Fall of Boris Johnson review: Sticking the boot into former PM

Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson review: Sticking the boot into Boris Johnson

Liz Truss was ‘PM for less time than the shelf life of an iceberg lettuce’, says Vladimir McTavish

What’s the point of a pantomime if you don’t have a villain? - Vladimir McTavish

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon gives evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry hearing at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre

I know who I’d prefer in charge in a crisis and it isn’t Boris Johnson - Vladimi...

WhatsApp Doc? Social platform messages are best forgotten - Vladimir McTavish

In the run up to the 2019 election Boris Johnson displayed some extremely silly behaviour including driving a forklift truck through a wall, dressing up as a milkman and hiding in a fridge

Politics is going to get very silly very soon in the long year ahead - Vladimir ...

Rishi Sunak during a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room, London.

Sunak’s pledges are proving pointless - Ian Murray

After succeeding Liz Truss as prime minister, Rishi Sunak hoped he would be seen as a fresh start - but it didn't work out that way. Picture: Jacob King / Getty.

Look ahead to 2024: an election year?

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Home Secretary James Cleverly during a press conference with Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs Vincent Biruta after the signing of a new treaty in Kigali

Cleverly doesn’t begin to describe the Tories’ bonkers Rwanda policy - Vladimir ...

King Charles III and Queen Camilla walking through the Members' Lobby at the Palace of Westminster following the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords

Charles goes through the motions of a deeply uninspiring King's Speech - Vladim...

Boris Johnson failed to take Covid seriously at first and then kept changing his mind on how to react to the deadly virus. Picture:Tolga Akmen - WPA Pool/Getty Images.

Covid inquiry shows full extent of Johnson's unfitness for government

In Edinburgh, for which the data goes up to October 22, 1,386 people were registered dead due to the coronavirus. Photo of the Covid wall in London, by PA.

Figures reveal local Covid deaths

There were astonishing quotes at the Covid Inquiry from (L-R) Boris Johnson, Lee Cain, Simon Case and Dominic Cummings. Picture: PA/Getty/Kim Mogg

I'd swear the Covid inquiry tells us little we didn’t already know - Vladimir M...

First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, arrives ahead of a Covid briefing at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh in 2021

WHY THE DELETION OF STURGEON’S COVID WHATSAPP MESSAGES COULD BE HER BIGGEST SCAN...

The then-Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, wanted the virus to surge through the population

Pandemic proved Scotland’s elderly treated as second class citizens - Susan Dal...

Boris Johnson has revealed he is joining GB News (Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson reveals he is joining GB News

Fines to be issued over Covid-19 lockdown-busting Tory HQ party

Fines to be issued over Covid-19 lockdown-busting Tory HQ party

Channel 4's Partygate told the story of the lockdown parties inside No.10 Downing Street during the Covid-19 pandemic. From left, Grace Greenwood (played by Georgie Henley), Alice Lyons (Alice Orr-Ewing), Rory Baskerville (Tom Durant-Pritchard), Annabel D'Acre (Ophelia Lovibond), Josh Fitzmaurice (Hugh Skinner) (Picture: Rob Parfitt/Channel 4)

Channel 4's Partygate should leave you raging

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images.

Betrayal of the North: Boris Johnson hits out at PM on HS2

Liz Truss has been claiming from fund for ex-prime ministers despite only 49 days in office (Getty Images)

Liz Truss claims from fund for ex-PMs despite only 49 days in office

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. He has made it clear the party has moved on from the Jeremy Corbyn era, but he has disappointed many by dropping popular policies like nationalisation of utilities and promising no new taxes on the rich.

Labour needs message of hope for toxic election

Frankie Boyle has been appearing at this year's Fringe. Picture: Robert Perry.

Frankie Boyle defends decision to keep joking about death of Holly Willoughby

Jacob Rees-Mogg said food prices would go down considerably after Brexit. Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Surely not everyone who lived in ancient Rome can have been a genius - Vladimir ...

No Boris so now I’m a Celeb is targeting Liz and Dom

Boris Johnson could be among the bugs and snakes of the jungle in I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

Former UK Prime Minister ‘in talks’ to appear on I’m A Celeb

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said Mayor Sadiq Khan should reflect on the extension of the Ultra Low Emission Zone playing a key part in the party's defeat in last week's by-election. Picture: Jacob King/PA Wire

Uxbridge result prevents premature triumphalism

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves with Labour activists campaigning in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election which takes place on Thursday. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

However this week's by-elections go, Tories are losers

Ben Wallace will step down from his role at the next cabinet reshuffle

Full list of Tory MPs stepping down ahead of next general election

Ben Wallace will step down as defence secretary at the next cabinet reshuffle

Ben Wallace to step down as defence secretary

Boris Johnson earns over £21k an hour for his roles outside of politics

Boris Johnson rakes in over £21k as second job earnings revealed

Chris Pincher scandal: Ex-Tory MP faces eight week suspension over groping claims - what did he do?

Chris Pincher scandal: Ex-Tory MP to face eight-week suspension

Partygate probe: Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg named in privileges committee special report

Privileges committee publishes damning report on Conservative MPs

Three judges have overturned a ruling, which previously said Rwanda could be considered a ‘safe third country’.

Government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ruled ‘unlawful’

Clive Myrie. Picture: PA/Ian West.

Clive Myrie pulled from BBC News at Ten after Boris Johnson lying joke

Boris Johnson, seen here on the day he stood down as Prime Minister, has now quit as an MP (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

As Bojo the clown departs, the country desperately needs grown-up government