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Haughey and Johnson: two peas in a pod of flawed political leaders Boris Johnson has, and Charles Haughey had, a fondness for living off other people’s money. And both men are proof of Samuel Johnson’s assertion that patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel 2nd May, 2021 The successful vaccine rollout may have earned him points with the electorate but British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under serious fire over the expensive refurbishment of his flat...

Is Boris Johnson in trouble? It is not the first time Boris Johnson has been accused of lying. Britain’s prime minister was once sacked as a Times journalist for making up a quote and dismissed as a Conservative opposition spokesman for failing to tell the truth to his party leader about an extramarital affair. Now, installed in Number 10 Downing Street, Johnson’s familiarity with the truth has taken on far greater significance. Even in Britain’s rumbustious political system, it is rare f...

A DATE for your John Lewis diary: Wednesday, May 26. This is when Dominic McKenzie Cummings becomes the main attraction at Westminster with an appearance before MPs inquiring into the UK Government’s (mis)handling of the Covid pandemic. The former chief aide and blue skies thinker to Boris Johnson always carried a political health warning. David Cameron once, affectionately, branded him a “career psychopath”. Mr Cummings has also been variously likened to Machiavelli, Robespierre an...

Boris Johnson Shows Why You Wouldn’t Like Him When He’s Angry Triggered PM became an incredible hulk of fury as Starmer smiled on. You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. “The right honourable and learned gentleman is a lawyer, I am given to understand.” From the moment Boris Johnson tried to goad Keir Starmer over his legal background, it was clear he was out of his depth. Calmly, methodically, craftily, Starmer built...

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Search Boris Johnsons flat: PM branded Major Sleaze – but insists he paid for revamp amid formal investigation Boris Johnson has insisted he "covered the costs" of the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat, as a formal investigation was launched into the revamp. The Electoral Commission on Wednesday announced it would look into whether any transactions related to the works on the prime ministers flat - above 11 Downing Street - were properly reported. They said there were "rea...

Body believes there are ‘reasonable grounds to suspect an offence may have occurred’

Updated: April 28, 2021, 2:10 pm Labour leader Keir Starmer (House of Commons/PA) Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Sir Keir Starmer dubbed Boris Johnson “Major Sleaze” as the pair clashed during heated exchanges at Prime Minister’s Questions. The Labour leader, nicknamed “Captain Hindsight” by the Tories, jabbed his fi...

The Labour leader quizzed the Prime Minister over the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat.

Boris Johnson loses control as he is labelled Major Sleaze in brutal grilling Prime Minister cuts an angry and rattled figure as swirling scandals come to a head at PMQs Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Liverpool and Merseyside will be going to the polls in a vital election - get the inside track with our politics newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsl...