Boris Johnson to face MPs’ fury over ‘partygate’
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face angry lawmakers Tuesday for the first time since being fined for breaking the law, as the “partygate” scandal continues to plague him. The embattled UK leader has weathered the initial storm after being penalised last week for breaching Covid lockdown laws on one occasion in 2020, doggedly […]
Boris Johnson reluctant to use national lockdown again
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will only impose another nationwide coronavirus lockdown as a last resort, comparing the tool to “a nuclear deterrent” in a Sunday newspaper interview. Johnson, who is hoping Britain can return to “normality” by Christmas despite fears of a second wave of cases over winter, insisted the […]
Johnson backs key aide over lockdown breach claims
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday defied pressure from within his own party and backed top aide Dominic Cummings over allegations he breached coronavirus lockdown rules. Cummings has been a highly divisive figure in British politics since masterminding the successful 2016 Brexit campaign alongside Johnson. But Johnson rejected calls to sack him after […]
UK PM to return to work Monday
LONDON: United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson to return to work Monday and is “raring to go”, media reported Sunday citing government sources. “He is raring to go and will be back Monday,” a Downing Street source told Sky News Sunday, reported Sputnik News Agency. According to the broadcaster’s sources, Johnson will be meeting with […]
Boris Johnson stable after 2nd night in intensive care
MOSCOW: Edward Argar, the minister of state at the UK Department of Health and Social Care, said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who contracted Covid-19, was in stable condition after spending his second night in intensive care, reported Sputnik news agency. “I understand the Prime Minister is in a stable condition, he’s comfortable […]
British PM in intensive care after Covid-19 symptoms worsen
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was taken to intensive care on Monday night after his Covid-19 symptoms worsened, Downing Street said. Johnson has asked British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise for him, Xinhua newa agency reported a Downing Street spokesman as saying. The prime minister, 55, was admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital in […]
