Boris Johnson
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He was previously Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and for Uxbridge and South Ruislip from 2015 to 2023.
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Boris Johnson's wife Carrie admitted to hospital over 'severe dehydration' Carrie Johnson - the wife of former prime minister Boris Johnson - has revealed she was admitted to hospital with severe dehydration, as she offered advice to other breastfeeding mothers in the hot..Sky News - Published | |
Ex-PM Boris Johnson and wife announce birth of their fourth child Former prime minister Boris Johnson has welcomed his fourth child with his wife Carrie Johnson.Sky News - Published | |
Trump's comments on Zelenskyy 'ghastly to hear' and 'complete untruths', says Johnson Insults hurled by Donald Trump at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are "ghastly to hear" and "complete untruths", former British prime minister Boris Johnson has said.Sky News - Published | |
Tech billionaires and world leaders turn out for Trump inauguration Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and former UK prime minister Boris Johnson are among the high-profile guests in Washington DC for Donald Trump's inauguration.Sky News - Published | |
Boris Johnson brands Vladimir Putin a 'f****** idiot'Boris Johnson has branded Russian President Vladimir Putin a "f****** idiot" over his alleged imperial ambitions.Sky News - Published | |
What Donald Trump's win means for Sir Keir Starmer and the UK In June 2019, Sir Keir Starmer wrote about the two people he liked least in global politics: "An endorsement from Donald Trump tells you everything you need to know about what is wrong with Boris..Sky News - Published | |
Boris Johnson considered raiding Dutch warehouse to retrieve COVID vaccines Boris Johnson claims he considered authorising a raid on a warehouse in the Netherlands during the pandemic to retrieve COVID-19 vaccines.Sky News - Published | |
Tory leadership contender would be 'delighted' to have Boris Johnson in his shadow cabinetRobert Jenrick has said he would be "delighted" to include Boris Johnson in his shadow cabinet if he won the Tory leadership contest.Sky News - Published | |
Former PM Johnson sounded out about Telegraph role Boris Johnson, the former prime minister, is being sounded out about an executive role with The Daily Telegraph in a move which could reunite him with one of his former cabinet colleagues.Sky News - Published | |
Johnson posts picture with Trump and reveals what they discussed in meetingBoris Johnson has met Donald Trump to discuss the situation in Ukraine "at length".Sky News - Published | |
Tony Blair, Boris Johnson and David Beckham among guests at lavish Indian weddingVIPs from around the world are invited to an Indian wedding so extravagant it will shut down the heart of the country's financial capital.Sky News - Published | |
Boris Johnson blames 'Pied Piper' Nigel Farage for role in 'destruction' of ToriesBoris Johnson says Nigel Farage played a "significant" role in the "destruction" of the Tories – while taking a swipe at those who ousted him from Number 10 back in 2022.Sky News - Published | |
Vintage Boris revs up the faithful - but his cameo's too late to save the ToriesHe's still got it. Boris Johnson may have left it late before coming to the party - the Conservative Party, that is - but his 11th-hour rallying cry to the Tory faithful was vintage Boris and just like..Sky News - Published | Boris Johnson puts up united front with Rishi Sunak to warn against Labour 'supermajority'Boris Johnson has made his first public appearance in the Conservative election campaign to warn voters against electing a Labour government on 4 July.Sky News - Published |
Farage hits back at 'hypocrisy' of Johnson over Ukraine commentsNigel Farage has hit back at Boris Johnson after the former prime minister labelled him "morally repugnant" over comments he made about the war in Ukraine.Sky News - Published | Starmer reveals how he 'set trap' for Johnson over partygate scandalSir Keir Starmer said he always suspected Boris Johnson's relationship with the truth "would bring him down"- as he revealed how he "set a trap" for the ex-prime minister over the partygate scandal.Sky News - Published |
Billionaire donor endorses Labour for first time in 'despair' at ToriesA billionaire donor who backed Boris Johnson at the last election said he will be voting for Labour next month because the Tories' record has left him in "despair".Sky News - Published | Tory donations top £570,000 in first week of election campaign - down from £5.7m in 2019The Conservatives have raised just 10% of the donations they managed to collect in 2019 under Boris Johnson in the first week of the election campaign.Sky News - Published |
Step aside Boris Johnson, there's a new king of political stunts in townAfter launching his party's general election manifesto, Sir Ed Davey jumped on a rollercoaster and rode on a big swing.Sky News - Published | Boris Johnson's work style during COVID 'very frustrating' and 'dysfunctional' - head of civil serviceThe UK's top civil servant has told the COVID inquiry he found Boris Johnson's style of working "very frustrating" and "dysfunctional".Sky News - Published |
Johnson thanks villagers who refused to let him vote without photo IDBoris Johnson has paid tribute to the villagers who Sky News revealed turned him away from his local polling station when he tried to vote without a valid photo ID - under rules he introduced.Sky News - Published | Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting IDBoris Johnson was turned away from his local polling station when trying to vote in the local elections after forgetting to bring an acceptable form of photo identification.Sky News - Published |
Boris Johnson tells voters to 'forget about the government'The Tory mayor of the West Midlands is sending voters an endorsement from Boris Johnson which urges people to "forget about the government", Sky News can reveal.Sky News - Published | As local elections loom, are the Conservatives missing Boris Johnson?Is Boris Johnson's style of politics still alive and well in parts of the country?Sky News - Published |
A crisis of trust in our politics spells trouble for the governmentThe morning after the 2019 general election, Boris Johnson pledged to people in the North East who had voted Conservative for the first time that he and the party would "repay your trust".Sky News - Published | Boris Johnson breached rules by being 'evasive' over links to hedge fundFormer prime minister Boris Johnson has breached government rules by being "evasive" about his links to a hedge fund that set up a meeting between him and the president of Venezuela, a watchdog has..Sky News - Published |
A win on Rwanda will not automatically translate into victory for SunakIt has been two years since Boris Johnson first proposed sending asylum seekers arriving in the UK to be sent to Rwanda to have their claims processed.Sky News - Published | Johnson brands Sunak's smoking crackdown 'nuts'Boris Johnson has hit out at Rishi Sunak's smoking policy, branding his plan to phase out the sale of tobacco products "nuts".Sky News - Published |
Banning arms sales to Israel would be 'shameful', Boris Johnson saysBoris Johnson says it would be "shameful" and "insane" to ban arms sales to Israel.Sky News - Published | Starmer speaks of 'frustration' at Boris Johnson's 'unforgiveable failure' to level upSir Keir Starmer has admitted Boris Johnson was "right" to propose levelling up but said he was "frustrated" by the former prime minister's "unforgivable" failure to deliver.Sky News - Published |
Johnson's former ethics adviser broke House of Lords rulesA former ethics adviser to Boris Johnson broke the rules in the House of Lords by "assisting an outside organisation in influencing" government officials at the Ministry of Defence, a watchdog has..Sky News - Published | 'Next pandemic is around the corner,' expert warns - but would lockdown ever happen again?Exactly four years ago today, Boris Johnson announced the UK's first COVID lockdown, ordering people to "stay at home".Sky News - Published |
Johnson like 'absent football manager' as pandemic hit, says Welsh leaderThe first minister of Wales has said Boris Johnson was like the "absent manager" of a football team in the early days of the pandemic.Sky News - Published | Boris Johnson flew to Venezuela for talks with presidentBoris Johnson flew to Venezuela last month to meet the country's controversial leader Nicolas Maduro.Sky News - Published |
Sunak struggling to maintain voter coalition that delivered Johnson's 2019 victory - Sky News voter panelRishi Sunak is failing to hold together the voting coalition that delivered Boris Johnson a decisive victory in the 2019 general election, according to The Voters Panel on Sky News - launched today.Sky News - Published | Boris Johnson denies Tucker Carlson claims he demanded $1m for interviewA row has erupted between Boris Johnson and Tucker Carlson over claims the former prime minister requested one million US dollars to be interviewed by the controversial journalist.Sky News - Published |
Nicola Sturgeon branded Boris Johnson a 'clown' in foul-mouthed messages during pandemicNicola Sturgeon branded Boris Johnson a "clown" during the pandemic, a series of foul-mouthed messages shown to the UK COVID inquiry has revealed.Sky News - Published | Boris Johnson claims the world would be 'more stable under Trump'Boris Johnson has endorsed Donald Trump for the US presidency, claiming he will surprise his critics and back Ukraine, making "the West stronger" and "the world more stable".Sky News - Published |
How boundary changes make Keir Starmer's job even harder - and what he needs to become PMIn December 2019, when Boris Johnson won the election with an 80-seat majority, the electoral map was dominated by Tory blue in England and Wales and SNP yellow in Scotland.Sky News - Published | Sunak left red-faced over Rwanda leaks after trying to go on the offensiveBoris Johnson's demise was brought about by the three Ps: Paterson, partygate and Pincher.Sky News - Published |
'Shaming a community': Boris Johnson told to stop wearing football club hatBoris Johnson has been told to stop wearing a Grimsby Town FC woolly hat by hundreds of people who say he is "shaming a community".Sky News - Published | Boris Johnson denies backing 'let it rip' COVID strategy in autumn 2020Boris Johnson has denied advocating a "let the virus rip" approach in which older people would have to "accept their fate" during the autumn of 2020.Sky News - Published |
Boris Johnson to face second day of questioning at COVID inquiryBoris Johnson will face a second day of questioning at the COVID inquiry today following his five hour quizzing on Wednesday.Sky News - Published | The minutes, notes, and WhatsApp messages shared during Boris Johnson's COVID inquiry evidenceThe COVID inquiry has been shown a number of WhatsApp messages, meeting minutes and notes which give an insight into Boris Johnson's time as prime minister during the pandemic.Sky News - Published |
Key points so far as Boris Johnson gives evidence to COVID inquiryBoris Johnson is just a few hours into to his marathon two-day hearing at the COVID inquiry and already a lot of ground has been covered.Sky News - Published | People removed from COVID inquiry as Johnson interrupted while saying 'sorry for pain and suffering'Boris Johnson was interrupted as he apologised for the "suffering" caused by the COVID pandemic.Sky News - Published |
Johnson to apologise but say he got big calls right at COVID inquiryBoris Johnson is set to apologise for mistakes the government made during the pandemic, but insist he got the big calls right, when he gives evidence to the COVID inquiry.Sky News - Published | Key questions Boris Johnson could face at the COVID inquiryBoris Johnson will appear before the COVID inquiry this week to face scrutiny about the decisions he made during the pandemic.Sky News - Published |
COVID inquiry about 'scapegoating', Boris Johnson's sister saysThe COVID inquiry is about "scapegoating" those at the top of government, Boris Jonnson's sister has told the Politics at Jack and Sam's podcast.Sky News - Published | The Week... Boris Johnson at the COVID inquiryTwo of Westminster's best-connected journalists, Sky News's Sam Coates and Politico's Jack Blanchard, guide us through their predictions of how British politics will play out over the next seven days.Sky News - Published |
