Boris Johnson

2022 - 10 - 14

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Time to Bring Back Boris (Telegraph.co.uk)

When will the idiots who ousted him repent? Boris was and still is the Conservative Party's only hope. Peter Cruddas 14 October 2022 • 12:57pm Peter Cruddas.

William Rees-Mogg was well ahead of his time with the prediction that Labour would implode: now the same logic is applying to the Conservatives. It would be a folly to assume he’d be willing to return to frontline politics simply because the party which just months ago booted him out of office was collapsing in the polls. He is a multiple best seller, and is widely expected to publish his book on Shakespeare later this year, which no doubt will immediately become a bestseller in the UK and the US. But for whatever reason he was ousted in one of the most undemocratic ways possible. He was and still is a winning machine. The purpose of the meeting was to ask me for a donation to the Conservative Party.

'Schoolkids shot with Nerf gun by boy in Boris Johnson mask' (Watford Observer)

Police have increased patrols near a school after a boy was reportedly swearing and shooting at kids with a Nerf gun while wearing a Boris Johnson…

The school added that they reported the incident to police and were told patrols will be increased today. “The child did not enter the school premises and the children were not in any danger, although this was obviously an upsetting incident for them.” A spokesperson for Parkgate Junior School said: “Unfortunately, we did have an incident outside the school yesterday where a child/teenager was talking to a small number of pupils through the school fence in a threatening way and using inappropriate language. One parent told the Watford Observer a few children were hit and added they were upset with the school “downplaying” the incident. “Apparently, he shot the children with the Nerf gun which is something we expect the school to be sharing. A Herts Police spokesperson confirmed they were called to sightings of a boy outside the school fence in Southwold Road, Watford, at 1.20pm.

Jake Berry handed knighthood by Boris Johnson (Lancashire Telegraph)

Rossendale and Darwen MP and Conservative Party chair Jake Berry has been awarded a knighthood by Boris Johnson in his resignation honours list.

In a statement published on the Government website, it said: “The King has been pleased to approve that the honour of Knighthood be conferred upon John Whittingdale OBE MP and James (Jake) Berry MP, and that the honour of Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George be conferred upon James Duddridge MP. He has served in a number of roles in government over the years, from being a Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Department of Communities and Local Government and Cabinet Office, serving in the Number 10 Policy Unit, and as Northern Powerhouse minister, Minister of State, on the Privy Council and as party chair. He has also chaired the Northern Research Group of backbench Tory MPs calling for investment in the North repeatedly during his time as a Member of Parliament.

Johnson's resignation honours announced (The Edinburgh Reporter)

On a day when it is busy enough in Westminster the resignation honours following the resignation of the former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson MP have been ...

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Political Honours conferred: October 2022 (GOV.UK)

The King has been pleased to approve that the honour of Knighthood be conferred upon John Whittingdale OBE MP and James (Jake) Berry MP and that the honour ...

For political and public service. For political and public service to the North of England. The King has been pleased to approve that the honour of Knighthood be conferred upon John Whittingdale OBE MP and James (Jake) Berry MP and that the honour of Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George be conferred upon James Duddridge MP.

Southend and Rochford MP Sir James Duddridge given knighthood (Echo)

Sir James Duddridge, Tory MP for Rochford and Southend East, has been made a Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (KCMG). Sir James ...

It will be a great surprise to people who knew me before I stood for election. “As a knight of the realm, at the relatively young age of fifty-one, my work continues, and I look forward to continuing to serve the people of Rochford and Southend East.” Sir James Duddridge, Tory MP for Rochford and Southend East, has been made a Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (KCMG).

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: The day may come for the grown-ups in the ... (Daily Mail)

The day after Tory MPs ousted Boris Johnson from Downing Street, this newspaper asked on its front page: 'What the hell have they done?

This is the only alternative to despair, and history tells us that we must never let that take hold. And yesterday the shrivelling of her Government accelerated, with the brutal departure of the Chancellor and a strange U-turn on corporation tax. To anyone who cares about the good government of this country, the Prime Minister’s press conference yesterday was profoundly saddening. It is hard to see how this catastrophe can be undone by the appointment of Jeremy Hunt as Chancellor. The cutting of tax rates was also right in principle. We also believed that she was personally opposed to the failed Blairite consensus which has left this country with low growth and high taxes, the negation of the achievements of the Margaret Thatcher era. The cancellation of increases in corporation tax (now reversed) was wise and beneficial. So was the annulling of proposed rises in National Insurance. Firstly, and fundamentally, because we believed in her tax-cutting agenda, which lies at the heart of Tory philosophy. For months the Mail had argued that getting rid of Mr Johnson was absurd and out of proportion. This was one of the few parts of the mini-Budget which had wide support among Tories and in the world of business. We argued that unseating Mr Johnson would be a huge mistake, not least because there simply was no obvious candidate to succeed him.