The next British PM is on a highway to the danger zone, with infighting, inexperienced ministers and the prospect of being shot down at the polls. No wonder Boris Johnson believes he can be the Tories’ Top Gun again.
Will the former chancellor be able to convince the Tory base that his proposal to increase taxes to cut debt is a better one than his opponent’s Thatcherite approach?
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss seek to harness the ghost of Margaret Thatcher as they battle to follow her into Downing Street as the next British prime minister.
Boris Johnson made a series of digs at Rishi Sunak in his farewell address, fuelling fears he’ll try to interfere in the leadership race.
Tuesday’s planned TV debate between contenders for the leadership of Britain’s Conservative Party has been scrapped because of concerns the debates were damaging the Tories’ image.
Boris Johnson wants to make ‘big money’ quickly after leaving Downing Street to afford to buy a new family home in London.
Very few politicians get recognition by their Christian name alone, and then only if it’s highly distinctive.
The Boris Johnson crisis has deep roots – and they’re not about to go away.
The Conservative party leadership, without quotas or full-scale identity politics dogmas, is vastly more diverse than the opposition Labour Party.
The more traditional morals disintegrate, the more the public craves leaders who possess a moral core. Boris Johnson paraded his moral vacuity and paid the price.
Boris, Trump, Turnbull … Is there something different about the modern political era that makes narcissism the new norm?
Mike Cannon-Brookes clearly has confidence Dunk Island will not be submerged by rising sea levels due to climate change.
Boris Johnson has not ruled out attempting a comeback should his successor’s government collapse, according to allies.
Boris Johnson’s lack of self-restraint and bumbling approach to policy led to a sharp erosion of public trust.
An overnight Tuesday deadline to register candidacies could be imposed, according to reports, with 11 contenders already.
Boris Johnson is attempting to install Lord Hogan-Howe in one of the most prestigious jobs in law enforcement before he leaves No 10.
Australian journalist Noa Hoffman broke one of the biggest stories that played a part in bringing down the reign of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Former ministers Sajid Javid, Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak as well as Grant Shapps bring the contenders to eight.
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.’
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