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 [...]
Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner will not be fined over ‘beergate’ gathering July 8, 2022 Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy Angela Rayner will not be fined by Durham police, the force has announced in a statement. Durham Constabulary said it had concluded its investigation into the so-called ‘beergate’ incident, at which Starmer, deputy leader Angela Rayner and up to 30 staffers were accused of having an illegal gathering [...]
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 [...]
Boris Johnson pays tribute to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who has been shot dead July 8, 2022 Boris Johnson has paid tribute to former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe who has died after being shot at a campaign event. The former leader in Tokyo was shot while giving an election campaign speech in Nara, western Japan, on Friday. Local reports said he didn’t recover from being a “severe” condition as he was [...]
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 [...]
Shock and horror in Japan as its former prime minister Shinzo Abe is in ‘severe condition’ after shooting July 8, 2022 Japanese leader Fumio Kishida has said former prime minister Shinzo Abe is in a “severe condition” after being shot at a campaign event. Mr Kishida said he hopes Mr Abe will survive after the former prime minister was shot while giving an election campaign speech in Nara, western Japan, on Friday. Local fire service official [...]
Conservative MPs scramble to choose a new party leader July 7, 2022 The race to be the next Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland began today as MPs scrambled to organise their Tory leadership campaigns. There is no obvious successor to Boris Johnson, with a wide field of candidates from all wings of the party expected to stand. The 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers will [...]
Boris Johnson’s downfall is a story of wasted potential July 7, 2022 To sum up Boris Johnson’s political career you need only listen to Sir Nicholas Soames – the grandson of the outgoing PM’s hero Winston Churchill. “Boris is a chancer, he is a chancer … but that doesn’t alter the fact he’s extremely agreeable to have dinner with,” Soames once told BBC great Michael Cockerell. This [...]
LIVE BLOG: Boris Johnson ‘should not remain in Downing Street’ says former PM Sir John Major July 7, 2022 Welcome to Morning Wire’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 [...]