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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...

Updated 30/04/2021 07:41 BST Should Boris Johnson Worry About The Departure Of NHS Chief Simon Stevens? Announced resignation marks the end of an era. You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. With just a week to go before the May elections, there was no shortage of politics around on Thursday. We had Boris Johnson’s “nothing to see here” line about his flat refurb, a fresh row about overseas aid cuts ...

Updated 2 hours ago Act now, think later has always been his trademark. You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. Drip, drip, drip. The Boris Johnson sleaze bucket keeps on filling up, as the leaks continue their relentless progress. The latest plip-plopping sound is the revelation that the PM was given a loan by the Tory party to pay the initial bills for the renovation of his and partner Carrie’s flat in Downing ...

Does Boris Johnson’s ‘Bodies’ Remark Explain His Deadly Delay On The New Year Lockdown? Denials by the PM, and non-denial denials by Michael Gove, fail to convince. You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. To be fair, it sounds like exactly the sort of thing Boris Johnson would say. Having been outnumbered and out-argued by senior ministers and medical advisers on the need for a second lockdown last October, it’s perfec...

Updated 4 hours ago Can Labour Capitalise On ‘Tory Sleaze’ In Time For The May 6 Elections? Johnson has been texting like a teenager. But Peter Mandelson warns it’s not enough to counter Corbyn’s legacy. Justin Tallis - PA Images via Getty Images You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. Text bomb, text bomb, we love a text bomb. Yes, it was a case of another day, another set of “sleaze” headlines. Newly ...

Can Boris Johnson Escape Dominic Cummings? Former aide returns to the stage – as does "the Downing Street source". You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. Despite swimming in allegations of “Tory sleaze” from his opponents, Boris Johnson was characteristically upbeat when he faced reporters on Friday afternoon. Pressed on those leaked text messages he exchanged with billionaire James Dyson at the height of the pandemic, ...

Current PM cites a previous PM as the “sleaze” charge is again deployed.

Is Tory Cronyism Labour’s Best Weapon To Defeat Boris Johnsons Pork Barrel Politics? Allegations of murky deals could undermine PMs promise to level up in the key Hartlepool by-election. Stefan RousseauPA Labour Party leader Keir Starmer meets local people in Seaton Carew in County Durham during a day of campaigning for the Hartlepool by-election with the partys candidate, Paul Williams. You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evenin...

Updated 3 hours ago PM’s twin priorities of vaccination and education seem bypassed by latest pronoucements. WPA Pool via Getty Images You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. Ever since last March, Boris Johnson has had a habit of making remarks about the Covid pandemic that cause a few eyebrows to raise. From “I’ve been shaking hands with everybody” to it would be “inhuman” to “cancel Christmas”, t...

Updated 16/03/2021 07:04 GMT Can Sarah Everard’s Killing Spark A Newly Urgent Consensus On Women’s Safety? Tentative signs of cross-party agreement despite obvious tensions. You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. It was on the eve of the first national Covid lockdown, on March 22, and Boris Johnson was still in characteristically flip mode. Asked by a Daily Mail reporter whether he should get tougher a...