For years, Johnson defied political gravity, yet last week, the PM, holed up in a bunker and egged on by ‘lunatics’, clinging to a belief in his own invincibility — was subject to the unkindest cut of all, in the most drastic reversal of fortune in modern political history.
‘New York-born Boris Johnson is now free to pursue his true destiny: president of the United States of America.’
Boris Johnson is headed out and for now nobody knows who’s coming in. When the dust settles he will form part of a triumvirate of forceful Conservative prime ministers.
The bitterness and hatreds within the British Conservative party are epic. The toughest decisions of all now await Boris Johnson’s successor.
Anthony Albanese says it would be bad for Britain if Boris Johnson remained as prime minister with no authority for the next couple of months.
Theresa May effectively accuses her successor of endangering democracy itself by failing to adhere to the rules.
After lavishly redecorating their Downing Street flat, Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie now risk being homeless.
Boris Johnson’s decision on Thursday to step down has drawn a spectrum of reaction worldwide.
Tory MP Tom Tugendhat, the second person to throw his hat into the ring for the leadership, is well versed in Australia’s relationship with China.
There is plenty of time for a fresh start under a successor but the party must make a clean break with Boris Johnson.
The Prime Minister has not resigned. He has bought himself a couple more months. Not until there’s a stake through his heart can we be sure he’s gone.
Boris Johnson is being urged to leave his post immediately, amid fears of a ‘zombie government’ that would be paralysed at a time of economic crisis.
Anthony Albanese says he “got on quite well” with embattled Boris Johnson, who he says has been “forced out by his own party”.
Joe Biden says UK and US remain ‘the closest of friend and allies’ but fails to mention Boris Johnson by name, suggesting he hadn’t warmed to him.
The UK PM’s legacy will be financial pain from climate misadventure.
And so the Boris Johnson circus ends – not with a bang, not even with a whimper, but with the whole tent collapsing in a sprawling, undignified confusion.
After the tumult and uproar, there will be those who will regret the fall of such a colourful and engaging personality.
Friday’s semi-final between the Australian an Rafael Nadal will bristle with animosity if the creaking and injured old Spaniard can get out of bed.
The front pages of Britain’s newspapers on Thursday highlighted the precarious position of scandal-hit Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Whoever succeeds Boris Johnson will inherit a monstrous in-tray. Dealing with it may be beyond an exhausted Conservative Party.
Nadhim Zahawi told Boris Johnson he’d resign unless he was made Chancellor. Now he’s using his new role as a springboard to a leadership bid.
Before British MPs break for the summer recess on July 21 there is another chance for a confidence vote.
Like the Captain of the Titanic, Boris Johnson’s long years of success have blinded him. His tragedy is profoundly depressing.
Rishi Sunak decided enough was enough. The chancellor of the exchequer had hoped the spotlight would be on a £6bn policy. Instead, it was once again on Boris Johnson’s conduct.
Boris Johnson was forced into a snap reshuffle after his Chancellor of the Exchequer and Health Secretary resigned with stinging rebukes over his leadership.
Boris Johnson was aware before he became PM in 2019 of allegations against Chris Pincher and vetoed him from a job in his first cabinet, The Times has been told.
The Pincher scandal isn’t about sex. It’s much worse: it’s about a government so tarnishing to reputations that being tarnished already makes you a perfect fit.
Boris Johnson’s handling of claims that a Conservative whip drunkenly groped two men had bolstered Tory efforts to oust him.
Anthony Albanese has given a present to his UK counterpart Boris Johnson during their first meeting since the election.
Boris Johnson’s position will be ‘intolerable’ if he is found to have knowingly misled parliament over the Downing Street parties scandal, a senior Tory MP has said.
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