From May to Heath: Tories who have faced votes on their leadership
Boris Johnson is not the first leader to face poll of party MPs, a situation that has often led to their downfallConfirmation that Boris Johnson will face a vote of no confidence came on Monday...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on privatisation: the god that failed | Editorial
We were told privatisation would mean great services, savings for the government and an investment boom. It was a lieThree ghastly faces of the UK’s privatised economy have been on show this week. On...
View ArticleJohn Major’s ‘bad luck’ comment on infected blood scandal angers victims
Former prime minister tells inquiry no amount of money could compensate for what happenedCampaigners for victims of the infected blood scandal have been left “angry, annoyed and frustrated” at comments...
View ArticleJohn Major urges 1922 Committee to remove Boris Johnson quickly
Former PM says it is ‘unwise, and may be unsustainable’ for Johnson to stay in office for up to three monthsLatest politics news – liveJohn Major has urged the Conservative party’s 1922 committee to...
View ArticleBoris Johnson resigns; Tom Tugendhat confirms his candidacy as successor – as...
Outgoing leader says all major fiscal decisions will be left to his replacementBoris Johnson’s speech: what he said, and what he meantLast night Braverman said she would stand in the Tory leadership...
View ArticleBoris Johnson does not do normal. He may not be entirely in his right mind
The author of Just Boris says he should have stepped down long ago and may be struggling to confront the unpalatable truth about his lack of competenceAfter more than 50 resignations from Boris...
View ArticleCabinet did nothing while Johnson damaged UK’s reputation, says Major
Ex-PM tells MPs that senior ministers share responsibility for harm done to democracy at home and Britain’s standing globallyPolitics live: latest updatesMembers of Boris Johnson’s cabinet failed to...
View ArticleZahawi faces shortest chancellorship since 1970 – and may be glad of it
The ex-vaccines minister appears to be the equivalent of a caretaker football manager, with Kwarteng waiting in the wingsGordon Brown used to joke that there were two sorts of chancellors: the ones who...
View Article‘Our saddest day’: UK politicians, religious leaders and stars mourn death of...
Liz Truss says monarch was Britain’s ‘rock’, while Justin Welby praises her loyalty and humilityQueen Elizabeth dies - latest updatesThe nation is grieving with “profound sadness” over the passing of...
View ArticleSecret of the Queen’s soft power – across seven decades and 15 prime ministers
Elizabeth II got on well with PMs of widely differing politics and backgrounds and played a key role in the background of British politicsFor seven decades, she bore intimate witness to the shifting of...
View ArticleBlack Wednesday cast a shadow that culminated in Brexit
The sterling crisis of 30 years ago reinforced Britain’s ambivalence towards the European projectThis 16 September will mark 30 years since “Black Wednesday”, when the British pound was ignominiously...
View ArticleJonny Lee Miller becomes John Major in pictures released from The Crown
Images from Netflix series also show Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth and Dominic West as CharlesWhen John Major was prime minister in the 1990s, the actor Jonny Lee Miller was best known for playing...
View ArticleJohn Major dismisses The Crown as a ‘barrel load of nonsense’
Former PM angered by fictitious storyline in which Charles seeks his help in getting the Queen to abdicate As Netflix prepares to release its fifth season of big budget royal drama The Crown it has...
View ArticleNetflix’s The Crown ‘cruelly unjust’ for leaving off accuracy disclaimer,...
The actor is accusing programme-makers of blurring the lines between historical accuracy and crude sensationalism, thereby damaging the monarchyDame Judi Dench is calling for a disclaimer to be added...
View ArticleJudi Dench wins royal rumble as Netflix labels The Crown ‘fictional...
Trailer now comes with disclaimer after the actor accused the show of sacrificing accuracy for ‘crude sensationalism’Netflix has added a “fictional dramatisation” clarification to the trailer of the...
View ArticleMy small, doomed stand against Thatcher’s war on truth
As a civil servant in the 1980s, I had a front row seat as the British government began to lose touch with reality. Since then, things have only got worseSix years after Margaret Thatcher became prime...
View ArticleJohn Major and Tony Blair criticise The Crown’s dramatisation of secret meeting
Major says show is ‘fiction paraded as fact’ and disrespectful given the Queen’s recent passingJohn Major and Tony Blair have hit out at The Crown’s depiction of them ahead of the upcoming fifth...
View ArticleMy small, doomed stand against Margaret Thatcher’s war on truth – podcast
As a civil servant in the 1980s, I had a front row seat as the British government began to lose touch with reality. Since then, things have only got worseContinue reading...
View ArticleBoris Johnson urged ‘hard egg’ approach to NI peace process, papers reveal
Declassified documents suggest Johnson believed in 1996 that Britain could crush the IRABoris Johnson urged a “hard egg” approach to the Northern Ireland peace process in 1996 in the belief Britain...
View ArticleBoris Johnson agreed Brexit protocol knowing it was a ‘mess’, says John Major
Johnson’s administration made promises over Northern Ireland deal it knew were unworkable, former PM tells MPsUK politics live – latest news updatesJohn Major has launched a scathing attack on Boris...
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