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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, he snapped back that there was not “anything remotely dodgy or rum or weird or sleazy about trying...

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

Is Tory Cronyism Labour’s Best Weapon To Defeat Boris Johnson's Pork Barrel Politics? Allegations of murky deals could undermine PM's 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 party's candidate, Paul Williams. You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. When the Tories romped home with an 80-seat majority in 2019, Boris Johnson said he was “hum...

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”, the PM has displayed a gift of the gaffe. Or as the late Prince Philip described it, “dontopedalogy...

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 and bring in the police to enforce restrictions, the PM replied: “Bring in the police?” The bare...