Category: UK Prime Minister Johnson

Leaving the EU without a deal is undemocratic – but it may be unlawful too

During the EU referendum, Boris Johnson unveiled the vacuous slogan ‘take back control’. It was always nonsense, but it surely didn’t mean taking control away from Britain’s elected MPs and putting it in the hands of one man? One man who became Prime Minister with the votes of just 0.13% of the population?

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Two modern Waterloos: Brexit Boris and Impeachment Donald Trump

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and American President Donald Trumpare facing 21st century political variants of Waterloo, the monumental battle that Wellington won and Napoleon lost. For Johnson, it is Brexit. For Trump, it is impeachment. Both are virtually inevitable.

UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Boris Johnson’s Tory leadership rival, quits cabinet

Jeremy Hunt, Boris Johnson’s Tory leadership rival and UK Foreign Secretary quits the in-coming Prime Minister’s cabinet//CRIMSON TAZVINZWA