Tag: Conservative Party UK)

• Thursday, July 7th 2022 - 09:03 UTC

  Boris Johnson accepts “to leave with dignity”, by next autumn

  

  Boris Johnson is to stand down as Conservative Party leader after losing the support of his ministers and MPs, BBC has reported. A Conservative leadership contest will take place this summer and a new prime minister will be in place in time for the party conference in October.

• Monday, June 6th 2022 - 23:30 UTC

  PM Johnson wins vote of confidence but shadowy future still ahead

  

  Britain's Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a vote of confidence Monday by 211 to 148 but faces a new political scenario after a rebellion from within Tory ranks comparable in size to the one suffered by Theresa May.

• Friday, August 14th 2020 - 10:32 UTC

  Conservative party will hold its spring conference in Newport, Wales

  

  The Conservative Party will hold its UK spring conference in Newport, during the run-up to May's Senedd election. The party said up to 8,000 people will attend the event, at the International Convention Centre (ICC) Wales, and inject £20m into the local economy.

• Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 20:10 UTC

  UK ready to depart the EU: Queen Ascent to Boris Johnson's Brexit deal

  

  Queen Elizabeth II signed off on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal, paving the way for the United Kingdom to depart the European Union next week. After passing the final hurdle of obtaining the Queen's approval on Thursday, the Brexit bill is officially law, and the country is expected to exit the EU on Jan. 31.

• Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  UK government preparing great Brexit night celebration, including special coins for January 31st

  

  Britain will issue special coins, fly the Union Jack and project a countdown clock on the walls of Downing Street - but not bong Big Ben - on Brexit night, the government said on Friday.

• Friday, December 13th 2019 - 03:24 UTC

  Tory landslide win paves way for Brexit-exit polls

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party seemed to be on its way to an astounding landslide victory in Thursday general election with would match the party's results from times of Baroness Margaret Thatcher in 1987 and Labour's historic low of 1935, according to exit polls.

• Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 03:43 UTC

  Survey says PM Johnson's lead over Corbyn narrower for Thursday's polls

  

  British voters are set to make history in Thursday's general election where much more than who will become Prime Minister is at stake. It is, admittedly, about deciding who will govern for the next five years, but more than that, it is about whether the nation stays or leaves the European Union and everything it entails.

• Sunday, December 1st 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  Boris Johnson's lead over Labour has narrowed sharply to six points

  

  The lead for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservatives over the Labour Party has narrowed sharply to six points from 13 a week ago, according to a poll by BMG for the Independent newspaper conducted before the London Bridge attack.

• Saturday, November 30th 2019 - 08:25 UTC

  Protection of Falklands' people democratic rights ensured in Conservative manifesto

  

  The Conservative and Unionist party manifesto for the coming 12 December election, “Get Brexit Done Unleash Britain’s Potential”, in one of its chapters includes a special mention to the democratic rights and the protection of the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and other Overseas Territories.

• Thursday, November 7th 2019 - 05:52 UTC

  Boris Johnson launches election campaign in Labour stronghold of Birmingham

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday launched the Conservatives' election campaign in a traditional stronghold of the Labour opposition he hopes to win over by vowing to “get Brexit done”.