カテゴリー: Boris Johnson
Analysis: The PM travelled 4,000 miles to not get very far, on a trip fraught with tensions about Partygate and UkraineAs Boris Johnson met Narendra Modi on Friday morning, he joked of the enthusiastic welcome he received in the Indian prime minister’s…
PM says he will close loopholes that allow components to be smuggled via India for use by Russian militaryRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesBoris Johnson has said he will close loopholes to ensure UK exports to India cannot end up being used in Russian…
Narendra Modi hails ‘good progress’ as Boris Johnson signals he is willing to make concessions on immigrationToday’s politics news – live updatesIndia and the UK will press ahead with talks on a bilateral free trade agreement, Boris Johnson and the Ind…
Observers criticise optics of PM at factory while bulldozers seen in TV coverage of razing of settlementsBoris Johnson’s attempt to use his India visit to hail the success of JCB, the digger firm owned by a Tory donor, was met with a backlash on Thursd…
Analysis: Deal is seen by some as single most important UK negotiation, but agreement will take timeOf all the deals that Boris Johnson could sign with countries outside the EU to lift UK trade, one with India is the among the biggest prizes.After land…
Row over breaching of lockdown rules rumbles on as PM begins two-day visit to discuss trade and securityAll the day’s politics news – as it happensBoris Johnson has insisted MPs should wait for the “full facts” before deciding whether to trigger a fres…
In 2012, he gurned his way around Mumbai on a tiny bike, baffling everyone except the Indian elite, who adore a posh, bumbling Brit. Could this new visit see the PM being compared to Beyoncé?If you Google Boris Johnson while online in India, a brillian…
Second whistleblower suggests to committee that top civil servants lied to cover up episodeA second whistleblower has gone public to say it was “widespread knowledge” in government that Boris Johnson ordered the prioritisation of an animal charity base…
Tory MPs want ministers to follow health bill amendment banning goods from regions with ‘risk of genocide’Ministers are looking “sympathetically” at plans to stop the government buying health goods made in China’s Xinjiang province when the health and …
Tub-thumping talk of all-out war in Ukraine seems overblown but the White House knows the fledgling Sino-Russian axis is a real threat, in Taiwan and elsewhereIf, as seems increasingly probable, Russia decides not to launch an all-out invasion of Ukrai…
PM called claims he intervened to help evacuation of animal charity ‘complete nonsense’Boris Johnson’s battered credibility was thrown further into question after new Foreign Office emails appeared to contradict his insistence he did not authorise the …
Idea that Boris Johnson personally approved animal evacuation adds to hurt, say those who worked with BritishAfghans who worked for the British but were not able to get on flights out of Kabul said the revelation that Boris Johnson appears to have pers…
Company hopes vaccine will be ready for approval by March; UK reports 439 deaths and more than nearly 95,000 casesBoris Johnson braces for release of Sue Gray’s report Scotland to relax strict work-from-home guidance from MondayLong Covid: doctors find…
Un-jabbed older people in Greece face penalties starting at a €50; UK cases continue downward trendWinter Olympics tickets will not be sold as China seeks to contain CovidDon’t buy from abroad, Chinese told as Covid threatens holidays‘I have no intenti…
No walk-in PCR tests available in England for a few hours due to ‘high demand’; Emmanuel Macron expected to announce new measures in FranceBoris Johnson not expected to announce more Covid restrictionsGermany toughens Covid restrictions as Omicron vari…