Boris Johnson

In the heart of Uxbridge and South Ruislip in west London, where Boris Johnson has been MP since 2015, people expressed their discontent over allegations of “ ...

“If that is Labour,” he said, “then so be it.” “The rules are rules. “Even if I did care, I can’t say anything, no one would listen,” she said. “To be honest, the best thing he can do is step down.” It’s not the same.” “I feel slightly annoyed,” said Sharon. “People keep saying, ‘My mum was in the hospital dying and I couldn’t go and see her,’ and I think that’s a different issue.

Voters still feel anger and contempt over the lockdown parties and may never forgive the Conservatives.

Which takes us to the final possibility — that the Conservatives stick with Johnson and win a big majority under him again. Perhaps the 5 May local elections will be so utterly catastrophic for the Tories that a new leadership kerfuffle will emerge later that month, but this is unlikely. If he is, the Tories aren’t. The hooting derision turned on a woebegone Maria Caulfield, the Tory MP trying to defend Boris Johnson in front of the BBC Question Time audience in Bath earlier this week, was more than a straw in the wind. People around the country feel a mix of anger and contempt, particularly about the lying. I know people disagree, citing the replacement of Nevile Chamberlain in 1940 or Herbert Asquith in 1916. The mistake is to “move on” from the Downing Street lockdown parties and brief that the Prime Minister is, come what may, now “safe”.

According to Maoz Rosenthal, "the UK's current Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, seems to have both political skill and luck".

That credit seemed to wane after PartyGate. However, Fortuna smiled again on February 2022, allowing Johnson to slip away until the next challenge comes knocking. The first answer is luck: May faced ongoing political crises revolving around Brexit. Yet, no external crisis emerged which was dramatic enough to turn divert public opinion away from her troubles. Tony Blair and Harold Macmillan were two salient examples: both had an ability to use rhetorical tools to achieve public opinion support. Yet, luck is not the only issue here. The second quality which Machiavelli related to was skill, which he described as a political virtue. This concept combined two main themes which were salient during the Brexit campaign: economic prosperity and British national identity. I am willing to speculate on that. In my research, I studied approval rating patterns for British Prime Ministers between 1960 and 2000. In January 2022, the tide of public opinion moved from considering health as the most important issue the UK faces to putting it on a par with the economy. Cummings admits that very few politicians would have taken his advice on the September 2019 prorogation of Parliament, or removing the whip from Tory MPs who rebelled against Johnson’s policies. Only a matter of weeks ago, UK public opinion gave Mr. Johnson his lowest approval rating since September 2019. Thus, just before the war began, British public opinion was turning away from Covid-19, and so, perhaps, beginning to shift its position on Johnson’s breaches of his own regulations.

BORIS Johnson has been forced to stage a hasty retreat after an announcement that ministers were abandoning plans to ban so-called conversion…

“A government that believes conversion therapy is acceptable in 21st century Britain is no friend of the LGBT+ community.” Tweeting after the announcement, the Scottish Government's Social Justice Minister said: "When Boris Johnson said conversion therapy is "absolutely abhorrent" and "has no place in a civilised society, we agreed but unlike him the @scotgov will do something about it by banning the practice here in Scotland." The “U-turn on the U-turn” came just a day after Equalities Minister Mike Freer had assured MPs that the Government was “wholly committed” to legislation. The Prime Minister was said to have “changed his mind” after seeing the reaction to the earlier announcement, and that the legislation would cover “only gay conversion therapy, not trans”. A Government spokesperson had earlier confirmed that they were looking instead at ways of preventing it through existing law and “other non-legislative measures”. A Government spokesperson had earlier confirmed that they were looking instead at ways of preventing it through existing law and “other non-legislative measures”.

AN ALLY of Boris Johnson has indicated the Prime Minister “would probably” confirm if he was issued with a police fine as party of the partygate…

AN ALLY of Boris Johnson has indicated the Prime Minister “would probably” confirm if he was issued with a police fine as party of the partygate fiasco. Policing minister Kit Malthouse also appeared to back up the assessment of two Cabinet ministers in stating that the issuing of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) this week by investigating officers was a declaration of “reasonable belief” that the law had been broken in Downing Street. AN ALLY of Boris Johnson has indicated the Prime Minister “would probably” confirm if he was issued with a police fine as party of the partygate fiasco.

Professor Stephen Reicher, a member of the Sage subcommittee advising on behavioural science, is urging people to not forget about the partygate scandal in ...

"It may be that his party has given up caring about his giving up on the truth and no longer has the will to remove him. Stephen Reicher, a member of the Sage subcommittee advising on behavioural science and a professor at the University of St Andrews, took aim at the Prime Minister over the rule breaking parties in Downing Street during lockdown in 2020. LotteryFurious woman takes Camelot to court after they refuse to pay her £1m Lotto 'jackpot'The firm claims Joan Parker-Grennan never won and said there had been a 'technical issue'.Ryanair issues alert to customers instructing them to pay more for flights they've already bookedRyanairThe new additional charges come into force from April 1, with passengers who have booked flights to Belgium set to be impacted. "At a time when Johnson appears to be standing up to Putin’s tyranny, it might seem that there is far less reason to remove him from office." The crime and policing minister told LBC: "It is a hypothetical question, but I think if he did, he probably would, yes." He added: "It may be that our prime minister has given up on the truth.

The UK Government says the conversion therapy ban will go ahead, but exclude trans people.

Conversion therapy is in the headlines after a leak revealed Boris Johnson's plan to backtrack from the ban in England and Wales. The ban on conversion therapy in England and Wales will exclude trans people The ban on conversion therapy in England and Wales will exclude trans people

Chaos has erupted at the heart of government after a leaked memo said the PM would drop a four-year pledge to ban conversion therapy - before sources said ...

Some senior Tories supported the decision to abandon a ban on conversion therapy. Labour MP Luke Pollard tweeted: “So now we know the PM wanted to drop his promise on banning conversion therapy but has been shamed out of it. Labour MP Nadia Whittome said: “It’s still not good enough. Lord Frost tweeted: “It's a courageous but correct decision. Campaigner Peter Tatchell said: "He’s throwing trans people under the bus. However we cannot exclude our trans friends.

Policing minister Kit Malthouse also appeared to back up the assessment of two Cabinet ministers in stating that the issuing of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) ...

AN ALLY of Boris Johnson has indicated the Prime Minister “would probably” confirm if he was issued with a police fine as party of the partygate fiasco. Policing minister Kit Malthouse also appeared to back up the assessment of two Cabinet ministers in stating that the issuing of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) this week by investigating officers was a declaration of “reasonable belief” that the law had been broken in Downing Street. AN ALLY of Boris Johnson has indicated the Prime Minister “would probably” confirm if he was issued with a police fine as party of the partygate fiasco.

Downing Street was at the centre of a farcical double-U-turn last night after it was revealed it was ditching a pledge to outlaw the practice - before an ...

Liz Truss and Mike Freer among those who contacted the PM to express their discontent, forcing an abrupt about-face.

Boris Johnson managed to stage two U-turns in the space of a few hours on the controversial issue of LGBT conversion therapy.

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The PM's actions are a resigning matter: democracy is in peril when our leaders no longer care about being seen to lie, says psychologist Stephen Reicher.

For that to happen, it is not enough for our leaders to lose respect for the truth. * Stephen Reicher is a member of the Sage subcommittee advising on behavioural science. It may be that his party has given up caring about his giving up on the truth and no longer has the will to remove him. It may be that our prime minister has given up on the truth. But now the issue is not so much that we believe Johnson is lying when he says he did nothing wrong. It was obvious that the gatherings, which took place at No 10 at a time when families were denied the right to see their loved ones on their deathbeds, were deeply insensitive.

Furious backlash was aimed after Johnson appeared to not be following through with his commitment to ban gay conversion therapy.

A Government spokesperson had earlier confirmed that they were looking instead at ways of preventing it through existing law and “other non-legislative measures”. A Government spokesperson had earlier confirmed that they were looking instead at ways of preventing it through existing law and “other non-legislative measures”. Boris Johnson has backtracked on his decision in abandoning plans to ban gay conversion therapy, after furious backlash.

'That was laughter, that was ridicule. They don't believe him,' BBC host tells Maria Caulfield.

Interjecting shortly afterwards, Talk Radio host Julia Hartley Brewer said: “I’ve had so many Tory MPs on my radio show who tell me that the heat has gone out of this. They don’t believe him.” So I fully understand the anger, the frustration at what happened.”

Since entering Downing Street in 2019, the Prime Minister has been forced to stage numerous policy reversals.

Ministers and equalities officials were seemingly unaware of the prime minister's plans to ditch a key commitment, writes Ashley Cowburn.

Furious backlash was aimed after Johnson appeared to not be following through with his commitment to ban gay conversion therapy.

A Government spokesperson had earlier confirmed that they were looking instead at ways of preventing it through existing law and “other non-legislative measures”. A Government spokesperson had earlier confirmed that they were looking instead at ways of preventing it through existing law and “other non-legislative measures”. Boris Johnson has backtracked on his decision in abandoning plans to ban gay conversion therapy, after furious backlash.

The Prime Minister was forced to change his position because advisers were shocked by an onslaught of criticism from Conservative backbenchers.

“The PM wants to do this,” a Tory source said – pointing to his public comments in support of trans rights even when other ministers have been more equivocal. MPs wearily noted that this is far from Mr Johnson’s first major policy U-turn. But they welcomed the speed of this one, having expected the Downing Street machine to double down until its position became finally unsustainable. No 10 sources said that gay conversion would indeed be outlawed after all – but trans conversion would not.

Tory MPs are split on whether the prime minister will lead them into the next general election.

But if we’ve moved back to partygate or people are really beginning to notice the cost of living crisis, then it could be a rough night.” “I think that most colleagues will wait for the final Sue Gray report. One said: “There was nothing to harm him with the 20 fixed penalty notices being issued.

It looked like all smiles on Tuesday night when Conservative MPs were filmed crossing Westminster Bridge to the Park Plaza Hotel, where Boris Johnson ...

That's why for at least some Conservative MPs, the Prime Minister's jokes about attempts to get rid of him may have made himself a hostage to fortunes. A smaller but not-insignificant number of Tory MPs say Johnson is now completely safe and will take the party into the next General Election in 2024. Downing Street faced further tensions on Thursday evening when it spectacularly U-turned on a highly-contentious decision revealed just hours earlier by ITV's Paul Brand to no longer go ahead with its pledge to outlaw conversion therapy. As one senior Tory put it when discussing Tuesday's dinner: “Yes, it was nice to get together and natter with colleagues. , they told PoliticsHome. Relatives of Covid victims were heard booing and shouting "off to another party, are we?" There was a sense of "why are we doing this?"

Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosted a luxurious champagne and canapes do at Claridge's to schmooze Tory donors just hours before the drastic new ...

The deputy minister for social partnership, Hannah Blythyn, has also confirmed the Welsh Government will commission "urgent legal advice on the unilateral ...

She wrote: "We have engaged in good faith with your office and with the UK Government and seek urgent clarity on how you intend to proceed. We will also seek the devolution of any necessary additional powers required to see this through." The Welsh Government has requested urgent legal advice on the actions we are able to take to ban conversion therapy here in Wales. “We will continue to do all we can to protect our LGBTQ+ community and we will seek the devolution of additional powers where necessary.” “The Welsh Government has requested urgent legal advice on the actions we are able to take to ban conversion therapy here in Wales. The first minister said Boris Johnson’s about turn which has seen him recommit to a ban on gay conversion therapy, but not outlawing the practice related to trans people, is “completely unacceptable” and he hopes to introduce a ban in Wales.