After “partygate”, UK PM Johnson faces confidence vote
London, UK Reuters Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a confidence vote later on Monday, after a growing number of lawmakers in the governing Conservative Party questioned the British leader’s flagging authority over the “partygate” scandal. Johnson, appointed Prime Minister in 2019, has been under growing pressure, unable to move on from a report that […]
Essay: “In the name of God, go” – the history of a speech that has brought down parliament and a prime minister
Historian MARTYN BENNETT looks – in an article from The Conversation – at the history behind UK MP David Davis’ recent call for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign…
Religion and politics: Boris Johnson and Britain are having their own Catholic crisis
CATHERINE PEPINSTER, writing for Religion News Servcice, reports from the UK…
Prince Harry remembers grandpa Philip as mischievous, unpredictable character
Windsor, EnglandReuters Prince Harry praised Prince Philip on Monday for his devotion to “granny” Queen Elizabeth, and described the late duke as a mischievous host who could captivate his guests with unpredictable remarks. Philip, husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II who had been at her side throughout her 69-year reign, died at Windsor Castle on […]
UK overtakes Italy with Europe’s highest official coronavirus death toll
London, UKReuters The United Kingdom has overtaken Italy to report the highest official death toll from the new coronavirus in Europe, figures released on Tuesday showed, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson over his response to the crisis. Weekly figures from Britain’s Office for National Statistics added more than 7,000 deaths in England and […]
Back at work, British PM Johnson faces lockdown Catch-22
London, UKReuters Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to work on Monday to the biggest dilemma of his premiership: how to lift the coronavirus lockdown that is destroying swathes of the British economy without triggering a deadly second wave of the outbreak. Johnson, 55, is back in Downing Street almost a month to the day since […]
British PM sends unsigned letter to EU asking for Brexit delay
London, UKReuters Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent an unsigned letter to the European Union requesting a delay to Britain’s exit from the bloc and also said he did not want the extension after his latest Brexit setback in parliament on Saturday. Johnson had previously said he would rather be “dead in a ditch” than ask […]