BBC Breakfast was presented by Dan Walker and Louise Minchin today and the show was discussing the hot topic of Boris Johnson MP being absent from last nights Conservative leadership race debate which was aired on television screens across the nation. Joining Walker on a live video link this morning was the Brexit minister James […]
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Chancellor Hammond labels Rees-Mogg, Boris & co ‘extremists’ as Tory civil war gets ugly
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has enraged Brexiteers by labelling Jacob Rees-Mogg and Boris Johnson, among others, as “extremists,” for their pursuit of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit. Hammond, who made the antagonistic remarks in an interview with Sky News shortly before May faced a vote of confidence in her leadership by Tory MPs, received […]
Boris Johnson says Theresa May has ‘wrapped a suicide vest’ around the UK constitution with her Brexit strategy
REUTERS/Leon Neal/Pool Boris Johnson launched a fresh attack on Theresa May’s Brexit strategy, saying that she “wrapped a suicide vest around the British constitution” and handed the detonator to the EU. He added that the UK had handed EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier a “jemmy with which Brussels can choose — at any time — […]
Theresa may demands Boris Johnson apologise for his burqa ‘letter box’ comments about Muslims
Gareth Fuller – WPA Pool/Getty Images Theresa May has demanded Boris Johnson for comparing women wearing burqas to bank robbers and letter boxes. The former Foreign Secretary has been accused of Islamophobia over the remarks, which he made in a newspaper column. Johnson has so far refused to back down, and May said on Tuesday […]
Theresa May refuses to condemn Boris Johnson for comparing Muslim women in burqas to ‘letter boxes’ and ‘bank robbers’
Thomson Reuters Theresa May refuses to condemn Boris Johnson after the former foreign secretary compared Muslim women who wear the burqa to “letter boxes” and “bank robbers.” Johnson wrote in a newspaper column: “It is absolutely ridiculous that people should choose to go around looking like letter boxes.” A spokesperson for Prime Minister May refused […]
'He's handed in a transfer request!': Sporting world pokes fun at Boris Johnson resignation
Boris Johnson has resigned as British foreign secretary, and the sporting world has been quick to poke fun at the Conservative Party politician, especially after his derogatory remarks about the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Read more Downing Street confirmed the departure in a statement which read:“This afternoon, the prime minister accepted the resignation of […]
Theresa May’s cabinet in chaos as Boris Johnson calls her Brexit plans ‘crazy’
Reuters Boris Johnson calls on May to ditch her “crazy” plans to form a ‘customs partnership’ with the EU. May and her team have asked Johnson and the rest of her cabinet to back her plans, which they believe would prevent a hard border with Northern Ireland. However, Johnson and other senior Brexiteers in May’s […]
Loose Women viewers slate Janet Street-Porter as she hits out at 'smarmy' Boris Johnson
The moment came as the former I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! contestant appeared as a guest on ITV‘s Loose Women to discuss his new book. Host Andrea McLean acknowledged Janet, 72, hadn’t spoken kindly of him while he was in the jungle and addressed the feud first off. Stanley confessed: “I don’t think […]
Russian Embassy in UK seeks meeting with Boris Johnson, says it’s ‘high time’ to talk Skripal case
The Russian Embassy in London has requested a meeting with UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, saying that discussing the Skripal case and other issues regarding Russia-UK relations is long overdue. With the saga of the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter unfolding and London not backing down on claims of Moscow’s guilt, the embassy […]
‘It’s clear Boris Johnson wasn’t telling the truth’ over Skripal poisoning, MP tells RT (VIDEO)
Labour MP Chris Williamson says Boris Johnson has damaged the UK’s reputation, after he blamed Russia unequivocally for making the poison used to attack the Skripals. Military scientists said they could not support the claims. Following a string of tweets in which Williamson called out the foreign secretary for trying to dive head first into […]