Labour Party (Great Britain)
Prime Minister Race in Britain Remains Unsettled in Wake of Johnson’s Downfall
Not only did Ms. Mordaunt urge Britons to vote for Brexit, but she also played a minor, though memorable, part in the campaign by warning that Turkish migrants would flock to Britain when their own country joined the European Union, something she claimed Britain would be unable to block. The statement was erroneous: Britain, like […]
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How Boris Johnson Was Forced Out, and What Happens Next
LONDON — One of his predecessors described him as a “greased piglet”: a man who could slip out of any tight situation. And despite a damaging scandal involving parties during Britain’s coronavirus lockdown that brought him a fine and a stinging official report, Prime Minister Boris Johnson might have expected to be in a strong […]
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What’s Next for Boris Johnson After Narrowly Winning No-Confidence Vote
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried to lift himself off the mat on Tuesday after a stinging rebuke by his Conservative Party. But with a fresh electoral challenge looming and Britain’s economy in a downward spiral, there are few easy ways for Mr. Johnson to reverse his fading fortunes. Mr. Johnson’s too-close-for-comfort victory in […]
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Johnson Says He’s Humbled by ‘Partygate’ Report but Will Go On
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson presided over a disorderly workplace in which there were rampant violations of coronavirus restrictions, according to a long-awaited government investigation, released on Wednesday, that became a moment of reckoning for the scandal-scarred British leader. The report by a senior civil servant, Sue Gray, was studded with accounts of late-night, […]
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U.K. Labour Leader Pledges to Resign if Police Find He Broke Covid Rules
LONDON — The scandal over lockdown-breaking parties that has ensnared Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain took a new turn on Monday when his rival, the opposition leader Keir Starmer, promised to resign if police decide that he also broke coronavirus laws. The statement followed days of speculation about whether Mr. Starmer was in breach […]
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Prince Andrew and Boris Johnson: The U.K. Deals With Two Crises at Once
LONDON — When Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain was hospitalized with Covid in April 2020, the alarming news bulletin came soon after a televised address by Queen Elizabeth II, in which she reassured the British public that after the pandemic ebbed, “We will meet again.” Stoic, dignified and comforting, the queen’s words helped anchor […]
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Boris Johnson Again Accused of Breaking His Own Lockdown Rules
LONDON — If Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain had hoped to put a perilous stretch of political and ethical blunders behind him this year, his hopes were dashed Tuesday by a fresh kerfuffle: a BYOB garden party at 10 Downing Street that violated his own government’s pandemic lockdown rules. The British news media reported […]
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