The trauma of Trump – can we still do business with his America?
In this sorry week for freedom and decency, with the world’s stability and order seemingly in peril, the West must not give in to despair.
Boris Johnson
Why Australia should take note from this chainsaw-wielding president
The eccentric President, Javier Milei, is slashing spending and bureaucracy – but can he pull Argentina safely from the economic mire?
Boris Johnson announces Aussie tour
Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson has announced exclusive Australian book tour events, if you can afford them.
Will Boris unleash himself on us again? Quite possibly
When Boris Johnson’s downfall came, it was unprecedented in the 300-year history of the prime ministership. His government was marked by scandal and sleaze. Regrets, he has a few – but not enough to stop him mulling a return to power.
Life inside ‘crack den’ at 10 Downing Street
Boris Johnson is not the only former prime minister to be appalled by the state of No.10, although one recent householder positively loved it.
Bring France into AUKUS: Boris Johnson
The former UK prime minister recalls the creation of AUKUS and says France should join the nuclear submarine pact.
Boris, and his book, are on their way
Boris Johnson is gearing up to take Australia by storm this December, hitting Sydney and Melbourne with a two-day whirlwind tour to promote his new book, Unleashed, but tickets aren’t going cheap.
He’s back! Boris joins Tory campaign trail at 11th hour
Appearing before Rishi Sunak at a Tory campaign event, Boris Johnson warned a Labour win was ‘pregnant with horrors’ and derided Nigel Farage as a ‘Kremlin crawler’.
British minister compares poll betting scandal to ‘Partygate’
Michael Gove says the most politically damaging aspect is that it ‘looks like one rule for them and one rule for us’.
Boris and Farage mull joining forces
Plans for Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage to join forces and realign the right after the next general election have started to take shape.
Top Tory defects to fringe right-wingers
Boris Johnson expected to campaign for the Conservatives in red wall seats after a thawing in relations with Rishi Sunak.
West must defend democracy: Johnson
Visiting former British prime minister Boris Johnson has made an impassioned plea for the West to ‘stick up’ for the democracies of Israel and Ukraine.
First year, and First Blood, on Giorgia’s mind
John Rambo, the musclebound icon of 1980s films, has emerged as an unlikely political inspiration for Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
‘Horrific’ scenes ScoMo witnessed
Scott Morrison apologised as he spoke of the “horrific” scenes he witnessed during his trip to Israel with former UK prime minister Boris Johnson.
Boris called Sunak’s team ‘pro-death’
Boris Johnson referred to the Treasury under Rishi Sunak as the ‘pro-death squad’ during the pandemic, the British Covid inquiry has been told.
ScoMo makes surprise trip to Israel
Scott Morrison has made a surprise trip to Israel with former UK prime minister Boris Johnson.
Scott Morrison lands in Israel on solidarity visit
The former PM, accompanied by Boris Johnson, is the first Australian politician to visit the country since the October 7 massacres by Hamas terrorists.
Sunak waters down UK net zero plans over costs
Bans on diesel and petrol cars have been pushed back five years as the UK PM dumps two of Boris Johnson’s key environmental promises.
Sunak swings into action, fighting Tory defeatism
The PM aims to shake off ‘debris’ left by Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, and persuade Britain that his hard work is getting results.
Tories avoid wipe-out as scandal and crisis take toll
The retention of Boris Johnson’s seat has saved the Conservative Party from a wipe-out in by-elections where hefty majorities were blown away.
Johnson texts stall over passcode
Boris Johnson has been unable to give the UK’s Covid inquiry WhatsApp messages from his old mobile phone because he cannot remember the passcode.
Johnson seeks truce with Sunak after friendly fire
Rishi Sunak did not vote but Penny Mordaunt, Alex Chalk, Gillian Keegan, Chloe Smith and David TC Davies were among cabinet ministers who supported the damning report of the former PM.
Humiliating exit as Boris loses keys to House of Commons
British MPs have voted overwhelmingly to remove ex-prime minister Boris Johnson’s parliamentary pass.
Sunak to skip vote on Boris censure
The former British PM’s allies prepare to claim his punishment leaves ministers vulnerable to the same treatment.
‘Punishment beating’ fuels Johnson comeback chance
Supporters of the former British PM say the severity of the penalty proposed over ‘partygate’ could actually strengthen his claim of a witch-hunt.
Johnson lied to MPs over Covid parties: report
Boris Johnson would have faced a 90 day suspension had he not resigned as an MP; PM allies say it’s the end of the road for him.
Boris, Trump diminish legacies
Tantrums harm former leaders and the parties they claim to serve.
Holes in defence, senator’s ambition and political standards
The Katy Gallagher affair gets a guernsey along with the problems facing Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon.
Boris was warned not to say he stuck by Covid rules
Boris Johnson deliberately misled parliament over the Downing St parties scandal, a committee of MPs has found, rejecting his central defence.
British economy, politics suffer slow poison of Brexit
It is now widely accepted that the UK is not only politically weaker in Europe but its economy has suffered significantly as a result of leaving the European Union.
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