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Boris Johnson like an absent football manager during pandemic says outgoing Wales FM
The First Minister for Wales has told the UK Covid Inquiry that Boris Johnson was like an absent football manager during the pandemic. Mark Drakeford also defended his own government’s response.
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Samuel Kasumu, Former Special Advisor to Boris Johnson, on culture wars in government and being a Tory
Samuel Kasumu, Former Special Advisor to Boris Johnson, talks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy about the reasons why he first joined the Tory party aged 19, the role of special advisors in No 10 and why culture wars inside Downing Street made the downfall of Boris Johnson ‘inevitable’, in this episode of Ways To Change the World.
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UK Covid inquiry: Boris Johnson says he didn’t back a ‘let it rip’ Covid policy
It’s been an emotional day at the Covid Inquiry – the second day of Boris Johnson’s testimony.
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‘I can’t believe he’s saying this’ – bereaved families and those affected react to Boris Johnson’s evidence at UK Covid-19 inquiry
People all over the country will have been watching Mr Johnson’s testimony, the majority of whom were affected in some way by how the government handled the pandemic.
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Covid inquiry: Boris Johnson apologises as relatives of Covid victims protest
After weeks of testimony alleging chaos at the heart of Downing Street during the pandemic, today it was Boris Johnson’s turn to put his side of the story.
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What will Boris Johnson say at the covid inquiry?
Boris Johnson intends to apologise for mistakes the government made in the handling of the pandemic.
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Covid Inquiry: Boris Johnson ‘suggested medieval measures’ to tackle pandemic
Boris Johnson’s former chief of staff has confirmed to the Covid Inquiry that early in the pandemic the then-prime minister offered to be injected with virus on television, to show it did not pose a threat. The inquiry also heard that he referred to “whiskey and a revolver” and spoke about “medieval measures” to tackle…
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Covid Inquiry: Martin Reynolds used ‘disappearing’ messages with Boris Johnson on WhatsApp
The Covid Inquiry has heard how the most senior officials in the Government were driven to the “end of their tether” by Boris Johnson’s “flip flopping” over whether to introduce a Covid lockdown.
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Boris Johnson warns Rishi Sunak against “mutilating” HS2 railway project
The UK has been building the HS2 high-speed railway line since 2017. Years of delay, billions of pounds over budget and now Rishi Sunak is thought to be considering axing part of the HS2 High Speed rail project linking London with the North. Two former Tory prime ministers in David Cameron and Boris Johnson have…
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‘Our democracy shouldn’t grind that slowly: Dawn Butler on holding Boris Johnson to account
Labour MP Dawn Butler joins me now.
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Boris Johnson: MPs vote on Partygate report
MPs are in the middle of an unprecedented debate – on whether they should confirm that Boris Johnson – who was still Prime Minister this time last year – deliberately lied to parliament.
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Boris Johnson breaks ministerial code with new Daily Mail job
It’s been a week since the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, one Boris Johnson, stepped down ahead of a scathing report showing he lied to parliament over lockdown parties at Downing Street. Today it was announced he has a new job, writing a column for the Daily Mail, but that too has breached ministerial…
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Debate: Is this the end of Boris Johnson’s political career?
We were joined by two veteran political reporters – David Maddox, online editor of the Express and Pippa Crerar, the political editor of the Guardian, who broke the Partygate story when she was at the Mirror.
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‘Voters must be despairing the PM is so distracted by Boris Johnson,’ says shadow leader of House of Commons
We were joined by Labour MP, Thangam Debbonaire, the shadow leader of the House of Commons.
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Boris Johnson ‘deliberately misled parliament’, Covid inquiry finds
Long-awaited, but much more hard hitting than anticipated, the Privileges Committee report condemned Boris Johnson for repeatedly misleading MPs and – despite his protestations to the contrary – undermining the committee itself.
