Boris Johnson will “fall” out of office if he loses the confidence of the Cabinet, a senior Tory said on Friday. Lord Willetts, a former universities minister and party whip dubbed “Two Brains”, made ...

Zainab Patel woke up feeling sick and on the verge of tears on Friday morning as she grappled with the reality of Boris Johnson’s landslide election victory. “As a Muslim, it makes me feel we are not ...

Boris Johnson is an American-born British politician, author and former journalist. As a Conservative Party politician, Mr. Johnson has served as the prime minister of the United Kingdom since 2019.

Details of a plot to reinstall the ex-premier to the political frontline have emerged as pressure piles on current party leader Kemi Badenoch. She suffered devastating local election results at the ...

The Tory grandee, once leader himself and former Foreign Secretary, said Mr Johnson’s return was “the worst idea I’ve heard of in the 46 years I’ve been a member of the Conservative Party”. Rishi ...

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