Can’t keep a bad man down:What next for Boris Johnson?

Can’t keep a bad man down:What next for Boris Johnson?

Boris Johnson’s three years of power will leave no lasting legacy. Except perhaps one that he will never bring himself to acknowledge.

  • byGeoffrey Robertson

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Britain moves to rewrite Brexit rules on Northern Ireland

Britain moves to rewrite Brexit rules on Northern Ireland

Boris Johnson says a new bill is “relatively trivial”,but the European Union is threatening legal action.

  • bySylvia Hui andDanica Kirka
Basic political decency dictates that Boris Johnson should resign
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Basic political decency dictates that Boris Johnson should resign

The British prime minister has survived a leadership spill brought on by the Partygate scandal,but he does not deserve to remain in office.

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With all eyes on China,Putin seized his opportunity,Theresa May tells Julia Gillard

With all eyes on China,Putin seized his opportunity,Theresa May tells Julia Gillard

Former UK prime minister Theresa May and Australia’s former leader Julia Gillard debated the rise of strongman politics in “a world of absolutism”.

  • byLatika Bourke
New crisis hits Boris Johnson as senior minister resigns

New crisis hits Boris Johnson as senior minister resigns

The Brexit minister has blamed disillusionment with Boris Johnson’s government for his resignation,piling pressure on the embattled prime minister just as the Omicron variant sweeps across the country.

  • byWilliam Schomberg andGuy Faulconbridge
Not via Twitter:Macron slams Johnson as Channel migrant row grows

Not via Twitter:Macron slams Johnson as Channel migrant row grows

The French President accused the British PM of not being “serious” after Johnson released a letter outlining measures for dealing with the crisis.

  • byEmily Ashton andAngelina Rascouet
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France detains British fishing boat,London to summon French ambassador

France detains British fishing boat,London to summon French ambassador

France also suggested it might restrict energy supplies to the Channel Islands,British Crown dependencies that lie off the coast of France.

  • byDanica Kirka andThomas Adamson
Post-Brexit Britain opens door for 800 foreign butchers to process ‘backlog of pigs’

Post-Brexit Britain opens door for 800 foreign butchers to process ‘backlog of pigs’

A combination of Brexit and COVID-19 has sparked an exodus of east European workers,leaving some 120,000 pigs waiting to be slaughtered.

  • byGuy Faulconbridge
Boris Johnson sees path from ‘uncontrolled’ immigration to higher wages

Boris Johnson sees path from ‘uncontrolled’ immigration to higher wages

Boris Johnson,at a Tory conference,also claimed the AUKUS agreement with Australia would not have been possible if Britain was still in the EU.

  • byLatika Bourke
‘Doing everything we can’:British army begins driving fuel trucks to stem shortage

‘Doing everything we can’:British army begins driving fuel trucks to stem shortage

Rishi Sunak,Chancellor of the Exchequer conceded that shortages could continue into the pre-Christmas period and said there was no quick fix to the problem.

  • byStephen Castle
The next skill shortfall for Brexit Britain could be bankers

The next skill shortfall for Brexit Britain could be bankers

First,the lorry drivers dried up. Now,lobbyists in post-Brexit Britain are warning of another looming skills shortage:bankers.

  • byHarry Wilson