COVID-19

Why are those lost to COVID not formally memorialised? How politics shapes what we remember

— Hundreds of thousands of red hearts adorn a wall directly opposite parliament, yet successive prime ministers have nothing to say about officially marking the lives lost in the pandemic.

Analysis

Why report into misleading parliament still matters, even after Boris Johnson resigned as an MP

— The privileges process is a vital part of the British constitution, so what the committee investigating Boris Johnson decides matters for future precedent, even if he is gone.

OPINION

Johnson the liar and bully who led a lying and bullying party

— On Boris Johnson lying to Parliament, resigning as an MP, and refusing to accept responsibility for his actions.

Analysis

Boris Johnson: Freed from the constraints of office, the former prime minister could be even more dangerous

— The House of Commons Committee on Privileges has called for former PM Boris Johnson to be barred from having a former member’s pass, and with good reason.

UK Politics

Boris Johnson’s claims about being ‘forced out’ of parliament are simply false

— The former prime minister has claimed a small group of MPs has forced him out, but that’s not an accurate description of events.

PartyGate

Boris Johnson’s evidence to MPs’ partygate investigation: The key points of disagreement explained

— Before the Committee of Privileges, Boris Johnson argued the Downing Street events were needed to boost morale and that the rules were too hard to maintain, insisting that the gatherings with wine were essential work meetings.

PartyGate

Will Boris Johnson be grounded? The Privileges Committee decides

— The Privileges Committee will rule on whether former PM Boris Johnson misled Parliament in May. If guilty, it can impose punishments from written apologies to salary deduction and suspension, triggering a recall petition and a by-election.

PartyGate

Boris Johnson to face MPs over partygate – but what is ‘misleading parliament’ and why is it so serious?

— Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing questions from MPs about allegations of misleading Parliament. Misleading Parliament is an offence that could carry serious consequences.

PartyGate

Good Law Project cannot appeal “Partygate” injustice

— Good Law Project can’t appeal in the case of Partygate discrepancies involving the Metropolitan Police and Boris Johnson, highlighting the need for equality under the law.

OPINION

The public shouldn’t pay to get the ex-PM off the hook

— It’s not for the taxpayers to pick up the tab for getting the former Prime Minister off the hook. Here’s what Good Law Project are doing about the fact we all have, they think unlawfully, paid for Boris Johnson’s legal advice. And here’s why they think that legal advice is wrong.

UK Politics

Liz Truss: Who is the UK’s new prime minister and why has she replaced Boris Johnson?

— Who is Liz Truss, the new leader of the Conservative party who inherits a country in crisis after Boris Johnson and how did she get to become the new PM?

Downing Street Parties

New revelations about gaps in the Met Partygate investigation.

— For the law to have any meaning, it must apply equally to us all. The Metropolitan Police must explain their failure to provide any explanation of how they cleared the Prime Minister over the Partygate investigation.

Justice

New Met Police legal action will get to the truth about the PM’s Partygate.

— The public have a right to know what really went on inside the Partygate investigation.

Analysis

Boris Johnson’s future: A philosophical exercise for wavering Tory MPs.

— Prisoners in the UK are not allowed to vote. Their fate is a useful starting point for any backbencher wondering if it’s time to write a letter of no confidence in PM Boris Johnson as his actions appear to have demonstrated a highly disrespectful attitude for the law.

COMMENT

Every ‘journalist’ pushing the Starmer Beergate story must know it to be false.

— What are the media and journalists pushing the Starmer Beergate story distracting their readers from just a few days before the local elections?

Brexit

Sometimes, “We told you so” is all that can be said.

— When will Boris Johnson and his many adjutants take responsibility for their lies about Brexit? If ever they do, and until they do, Brexit remains their responsibility, their mess, their guilt, their shame, and their legacy.