Shale-hungry Tories call for law change to allow fracking
Andrea Leadsom and her colleagues really want to get Britain fracking.
Tag: Boris Johnson
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.
Watch: Johnson says ‘biological males’ should not play women’s sports
After a week of controversy, the prime minister has spoken publicly about Emily Bridges and trans rights.
‘So wrong’: Government’s landmark LGBT+ conference scrapped amid conversion therapy row
“For three years, they did nothing except talk up their ‘Safe To Be Me’ conference. And now where are we? What a sickening waste.”
Tory MP asks if Boris is privatising Channel 4 as ‘revenge’ for bad coverage
The broadcaster infamously replaced Johnson with a melting ice sculpture when he dodged a climate debate in 2019.
World has ‘moved on’ from Partygate ‘fluff’, minister claims
Jacob Rees-Mogg also claimed some of the lockdown rules imposed on the country were "inhuman".
First recipient of police Partygate fine named – but it’s not Boris
Around 20 people were said to have attended the boozy leaving party, which is said to have ended in a drunken brawl.
Elevenses: Election Speculation
From the newsletter: If Keir Starmer can’t break through now, he probably never will.
Rory Stewart’s tweet has won April Fool’s Day
The former Tory leadership candidate had Twitter users gasping and checking the date with his intervention.
Watch: Tory MP’s defence of Boris Johnson laughed out of the building
“When people laugh at your response, what does that make you think?”