Borrowing bonus piles pressure on Boris to scrap national insurance rise
It comes after Lord Frost told Johnson to "scrap these tax increases" to get "the economy growing again".
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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2016-2018 and Mayor of London 2008-2016. Johnson has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015 and was previously MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. He has been described as adhering to the ideology of one-nation and national conservatism.
Boris 16/1 to be ambushed with cake at PMQs
Odds are shorter for Sir Keir Starmer to mention cake ay any point during his questions.
‘There are straightforward solutions’: Noam Chomsky talks Boris Johnson, climate change, Covid and Ukraine
Professor Chomsky has granted The London Economic an exclusive interview about some of the most urgent issues facing humanity.
Nigella Lawson skewers Tory MP’s ‘ambushed by cake’ defence
The celebrity chef suggested 'Ambushed By Cake' could be the title of her next cookbook.
Ian Hislop eviscerates MPs over Owen Paterson, sleaze and second jobs
The Private Eye editor told MPs that the public "is very sick of being taken for fools".
Tory MP claims Boris Johnson was ‘ambushed with a cake’ at lockdown birthday bash
"No wonder Armando Iannucci gave up writing new episodes of The Thick of It. How could you now hope to surpass the farce that actually passes for government in this country?", Paul Sweeney tweeted.
Elevenses: Bus Back Bollocks
From the newsletter: Promised funding to improve bus networks has been slashed. Another core policy pledge revealed for what it is: all sloganeering no substance.
Delay to Sue Gray report is government’s decision, not Met’s – reports
This means the report may be published 'sooner rather than later'.
Boris Johnson: UK will ‘contribute’ to NATO deployments if Russia invades Ukraine
The prime minister insisted Britain and its allies will not “bargain away” the vision of a free Europe.