Topic: Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson resigns as prime minister
Boris Johnson will step down as prime minister of the UK, after a tumultuous week that saw a record number of Conservative MPs resign in a single day.
Johnson imposes COVID-19 ‘Plan B’ in England to contain Omicron
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed tougher COVID-19 restrictions in England on Wednesday, ordering people to work from home, wear masks in public places and use vaccine passes in a bid to slow the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant.
Cayman pays tribute to British lawmaker stabbed to death
The Governor's Office has led tributes today to Sir David Amess, a Conservative MP stabbed to death on Friday during a meeting with voters in his constituency.
Johnson: English lockdown set to last until at least March
United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson indicated Wednesday the COVID-19 lockdown in England would last until 8 March when schools could start to reopen as the government announced new measures to clamp down on travel to and from Britain.
Too early to say when COVID-19 lockdown will end, Johnson says
It is too early to say when the national coronavirus lockdown in England will end, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday, as daily deaths from COVID-19 reach new highs and hospitals become increasingly stretched.
UK Prime Minister, Health Secretary test positive for COVID-19
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Health Secretary have both confirmed they have contracted COVID-19, according to British media reports.
Brexit ballot: UK lawmakers back 12 Dec. election
Britons will be heading out to vote in the dark days of December after the House of Commons on Tuesday backed an early national vote that could break the country's political impasse over Brexit — or turn out to be merely a temporary distraction.
UK’s Johnson seeks 12 Dec. election to break Brexit impasse
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday that the only way to break Britain's Brexit impasse is a general election, and he will ask Parliament to approve a national poll for 12 Dec.
Lord Ahmad retained as overseas territories minister
Lord Tariq Ahmad survived a ruthless reshuffle of the Conservative party leadership to retain his position as Minister with responsibility for the British Overseas Territories, following Boris Johnson’s election as the UK’s new Prime Minister.
Giugliano: Johnson’s biggest battle is plunging pound
For much of the past two and a half years, the United Kingdom has had the luxury of negotiating the terms of its departure from the European Union under little pressure from the financial markets. The new prime minister Boris Johnson could soon come to pine for those calmer days.
How long will Boris Johnson’s Brexit optimism last?
British politics has been paralysed for three years by division over whether and how the country should leave the European Union, so it’s tempting to invest hope in a new prime minister who promises that his “spirit of can-do” will end the impasse in little more than three months.
Boris Johnson wins race to become UK’s next prime minister
Brexit hard-liner Boris Johnson, one of Britain’s most famous and divisive politicians, won the race to lead the governing Conservative Party on Tuesday, and will become the next prime minister on Wednesday.
Tharoor: Trump’s bigotry and Britain’s next leader
The furore over President Donald Trump’s racist tweets found its way across the pond and into the Tory leadership contest taking place in Britain.
Raphael: Boris Johnson gets his chance to fail, too
This time it’s for real. Theresa May did not exactly say when she would leave 10 Downing Street, but on Thursday she promised to name her exit date in early June.
‘Here’s to another 60 glorious years’
Fresh off an embarrassing legislative revolt among his own party during a parliamentary vote that sought to force public company ownership registers on British Overseas Territories, U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told a London audience Monday night that Cayman would remain part of the United Kingdom.
