Tag: Boris Johnson

• Monday, October 21st 2024 - 08:52 UTC

  Italy's Albania deal for irregular migrants fails as judges rule against detention of the asylum seekers

  

  The UK Boris Johnson solution to address migrants trying to illegally cross to Britain, which was to be implemented through the so-called Rwanda deal but was rejected by the EU and UK courts, did not impede Italy from attempting a similar procedure with neighboring Albania, where migrants wanting to reach Italy were to be screened before any final decision was taken.

• Tuesday, October 15th 2024 - 10:47 UTC

  Milei welcomes Boris Johnson at Casa Rosada

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei Monday welcomed former UK Primer Minister Boris Johnson at Casa Rosada, after which the South American leader announced he would travel to England for a meeting with musician Mick Jagger at a date yet to be determined. Milei had already discussed rock with another exPM - Lord David Cameron - whom he met as Foreign Secretary.

• Monday, September 4th 2023 - 07:38 UTC

  Brexit tariffs, not the EU’s Malvinas blunder, are the real issue worrying Falkland Islanders

  

  Boris Johnson’s deal made no provision for exports from the UK overseas territories
  
  By Teslyn Barkman (*) – In July, a joint communiqué signed in Brussels by 60 European Union and Latin American nations referred to the Falkland Islands as the “Islas Malvinas” despite last-minute attempts by UK foreign secretary James Cleverly to persuade them to drop the reference.

• Monday, June 19th 2023 - 11:14 UTC

  Partygate: MPs will vote on Boris Johnson's political future on Monday

  

  MPs will decide later whether to endorse a report that found Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over lockdown parties in No 10. A year-long inquiry from the Commons privileges committee said the former prime minister committed repeated offenses with his Partygate denials, according to a report from BBC.

• Saturday, June 17th 2023 - 09:54 UTC

  Is it really the end of populism

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – We’re going to miss them the populist ‘big beasts’ now they’re gone. Who will now tell us that “Voting Conservative will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3”? (Boris Johnson)

• Saturday, June 10th 2023 - 09:42 UTC

  Partygate: defiant Boris Johnson resigns Parliament...“at least for now”

  

  Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was standing down as a member of Parliament on Friday after confidentially receiving the Partygate report. Johnson accused opponents of trying to drive him out of Parliament.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  10 Downing Street “Partygate”, countdown for Boris Johnson's political future

  

  Former British prime minister Boris Johnson faced over three hours of grilling before a parliamentary committee that is investigating whether or not he knowingly misled Parliament regarding breaches of Covid 19 protocol and rules inside 10 Downing Street when he was head of government.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:37 UTC

  “Party-gate”, Boris Johnson acknowledges he provided false information to Parliament, but not “intentionally”

  

  Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday acknowledged that he provided false information to Parliament about government parties that were held in violation of COVID-19 restrictions. However, Johnson insisted that he did not “intentionally mislead” Parliament about the parties.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 08:00 UTC

  Rishi Sunak’s daunting challenge, standing up to far right extremists

  

  By Chris Patten - The United Kingdom’s new prime minister has inherited a mountain of economic problems, including runaway inflation and a shrinking GDP. To fix his predecessors’ blunders and avoid a humiliating electoral defeat, he must stand up to his party’s far-right extremists.

• Monday, October 24th 2022 - 14:22 UTC

  Rishi Sunak to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

  

  Rishi Sunak, the grandson of Indian immigrants, was nominated Monday by the British Conservative Party to replace Liz Truss as its leader and next prime minister, as his rival, Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt, failed to win enough support to run.