OPINION
— Anyone chosen by the Tories to replace the PM will have been a party to, and complicit in, the lies, corruption, authoritarianism, and deceit which has characterised the Tory party under Boris Johnson.
OPINION
— Anyone chosen by the Tories to replace the PM will have been a party to, and complicit in, the lies, corruption, authoritarianism, and deceit which has characterised the Tory party under Boris Johnson.
Analysis
— The new Elections Act weakens the UK’s claim to be a beacon of democracy as 1.1 million people may not cast a vote at future parliamentary elections as a result of this reform.
Brexit
— 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.
Meet Your MP
— Is there no end to MPs’ bullying, harassment, sexual misconduct, unaccountability or misbehaviour in general? How much do you actually even know about your local MPs? This is Neil Parish, former Conservative MP for Tiverton and Honiton.
UK Politics
— Labour’s deputy leader was forced to justify her own response to comments made about her. How the responsibility shifted to Angela Rayner.
UK Politics
— In a series of tweets, Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner hits out at “perverted smears” by Tory MPs published in the Mail on Sunday in an attempt to save Boris Johnson’s skin, as she accuses him of “dragging the Conservative Party into the sewer”.
UK Politics
— The prime minister accepts he broke the law but the question now becomes, did he mislead parliament about it? Either he engaged in immoral behaviour by lying, misrepresented the truth or he didn’t understand his own rules – and must admit to incompetence.
UK Politics
— A new survey shows a strong link between trusting the prime minister and trusting the government, Parliament and political parties.
Analysis
— Does it matter to people what consequences there should be for politicians who break rules or mislead parliament? Yes, they want ministers to be kept in constant check by parliament, courts and the public at large.
Analysis
— An expert answers our questions about the tax status claimed by Rishi Sunak’s wife and other wealthy people.
Fact-Check
— An uncomfortable Chancellor Rishi Sunak finds himself in the middle of a storm because of his family business links to Russia.
COMMENT
— Tory MP tweets her indignation at the thought that Senior Conservatives such as John Major or Theresa May dare to publicly call for Boris Johnson’s resignation... forgetting she, herself, tweeted about Theresa May being toasted back in 2019 and having voted her out.
Analysis
— In the UK, there is very little to stop a leader who doesn’t care to comply with unwritten norms.
Analysis
— As household budgets come under strain, so does support for governments, as Boris Johnson should note.
Downing Street Parties
— Sue Gray’s findings present a damning indictment of standards of conduct and the operational culture at the heart of the British government during the lockdown phases of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Downing Street Parties
— The most unacceptable outcome would be if this episode becomes another example of a leader feeling unchallengeable and emboldened as a rule-breaker. A change of leadership is the first and only substantial thing that really matters.
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