Boris Johnson

Liz Truss has topped a league table of best-performing cabinet ministers – as voted for by Tory members.  The international trade secretary received an 85% favorability rating in the Conservative Home polling – up ten points compared to a month ago. She is ahead of chancellor Rishi Sunak – only 80% of support – and […]

A German newspaper columnist has described his “anger” surrounding Brexit as he hit out at the “liars and amateurs” in Britain that took over the running of the country. Nikolaus Blome, writing for Der Spiegel, said Boris Johnson and the Brexiteers were “an eternal shame for all conservatives” as he explained to his newspaper audience […]

Prime minister Boris Johnson has “bottled it” over fishing rights as his Brexit deal has secured “a fraction of what the UK has a right to under international law”, according to a leader representing fishermen. Barrie Deas, chief executive of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO), said Johnson was guilty of “surrender”. Following the release […]

An expletive-laden song about Boris Johnson has failed to secure the Christmas Number 1 slot – but still made the Top 5. Boris Johnson Is A F**king C**t was recorded by an Essex-based band with an equally sweary artist name – known as K**t and the Gang. The 56-second medley repeats the title for the whole song […]

Boris Johnson has used a festive message to the nation to urge people to read the new Brexit trade deal after Christmas lunch. The prime minister posted a video on Twitter in which he brandished the document, which has not been released in full yet, and at one point punched the air with enthusiasm at […]

Instant analysis of Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal has shown that the best agreement for Britain is to remain in the EU. Brussels has published a checklist of “big changes” EU member states can expect when trading with Britain under the newly-agreed Brexit deal. The chart shows frictionless trade coming to an end, Britain’s services industry undergoing a shake-up with the […]

Boris Johnson has said he is launching a new scheme to replace the UK’s participation in the Erasmus exchange programme – which had seen participants able to study across Europe. Asked about it at a Number 10 press conference, Johnson said it would be replaced by a worldwide scheme named after Bletchley Park code breaker Alan […]

Boris Johnson has been roundly mocked following a tweet he made celebrating the newly-announced Brexit deal. Johnson became the centre of ridicule after posting a picture of himself, thumbs-up, declaring that a “deal is done”. The tweet comes after a trade deal was agreed between the European Union and the United Kingdom – six days before the […]

The public has reacted to news that British students will no longer be able to participate in the Erasmus exchange programme under the new Brexit deal agreed by Boris Johnson. Speaking at a press conference after the deal was agreed, EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said: “I have just two regrets in terms of our societal […]

Police have shut down a protest from long-time anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray, who was camped outside Downing Street ahead of an announcement on a deal. As the media descended outside Number 10 waiting for a statement from the prime minister, cries of “Boris Johnson – a national disgrace” from beyond the gates of Downing Street. […]

A Labour peer has warned Boris Johnson against dodging democratic scrutiny of his Brexit deal as MPs complain there is not enough time to scrutinise it. Former Tony Blair aide Lord Andrew Adonis said Johnson was “spinning” negotiations “out to the last minute” in order to avoid democratic scrutiny of his new deal. Reports have emerged that Johnson […]

A Brexiteer has said “the nation would never forgive us” if he and fellow Eurosceptic MPs voted in favour of Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal. Tory backbencher and member of the hardline anti-EU group, the ERG, said he was not ready to sign a deal ‘just because’ of an impending deadline. Appearing on talkRADIO, Bridgen said: “If we […]

Brexit has generated heated rhetoric on all sides. Here are some of the key quotes made during negotiations as the UK strove to make the break from the EU. “There is no plan for no deal, because we’re going to get a great deal” – Boris Johnson, speaking in his role as foreign secretary, July […]

Social media users have been quick to criticise The Sun over its front cover of Boris Johnson dressed as Santa Claus delivering Brexit following news he clinched a trade deal with the EU. The Sun‘s front for Christmas Eve shows Johnson in a Santa suit stuffing presents down a chimney, with the headline “The Night Before Brexmas”. This […]

Negotiations on a UK-European Union Brexit trade deal are continuing amid widespread expectation an agreement is imminent. Talks in Brussels were focused on the details of fishing rights but both sides have indicated a Christmas Eve deal will be announced, bringing an end to months of wrangling just a week before current trading arrangements expire. […]

Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen may have been fighting on opposite sides in the Brexit negotiations but the two leaders have more in common than meets the eye. The European Commission president, 62, went to the same Brussels school as the Prime Minister, 56 – albeit at different times – and both are […]

At least 20 members of the hardline European Research Group are expected to vote down a Brexit deal when it comes to the House of Commons next vote. Allies of Boris Johnson have calculated that a significant proportion of the backbenchers would vote against any deal, regardless of the content in the agreement. Among the […]

At least two ministers are on resignation watch over Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal which follows an agreement with the European Union on the UK’s future outside of the bloc. It follows the prime minister’s briefing to cabinet late on Wednesday on the progress made following negotiations with Ursula von der Leyen. Sources on the call […]

Boris Johnson has “caved in” on fishing to secure a Brexit deal, a European official has claimed. Joe Barnes, the Daily Express‘ Brussels correspondent, claims that the prime minister is “willing to accept” that the EU hands back 25% of the value of fish it catches in British waters over a five-and-a-half-year transition period. It […]

Former Number 10 director of communications Alastair Campbell has branded Boris Johnson the c-word over his handling of Brexit and the coronavirus. In the article, titled “Alastair Campbell: Boris Johnson is a c*** and has condemned us all to a Covid dystopian hell”, The New European‘s editor-at-large rips into the prime minister as well as […]

NHS leaders have called on Boris Johnson to extend the Brexit transition period by a month, as it warns that no-deal could risk the health of patients during the Covid-19 crisis. Faced with an alarming rise in Covid-19 infections, they say that a month delay will take the NHS out of “the immediate danger zone, and […]

A former government adviser has urged Boris Johnson to secure a Brexit trade deal, warning scenes at Dover port could be repeated if does not. Ex-Tony Blair adviser and The New European contributor Lord Andrew Adonis said the prospect of the British government “inflicting this state of chaos” was “utterly unthinkable”. Lord Adonis told the BBC it […]

A top-level Brexit call between prime minister Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will be held before the end of Christmas Eve. An EU source has confirmed to Reuters that the pair will hold a call on Wednesday or Thursday to discuss the potential for a trade deal. The two spoke […]

A column by Boris Johnson accusing Labour of the “putrefaction of the honours system” has re-emerged hours after he ennobled a former Tory donor against the advice of the peerage watchdog. Peter Cruddas was one of 16 new peers appointed by Downing Street on Monday in an announcement that was slipped out after MPs had returned home for Christmas. […]

A loophole will allow Boris Johnson to meet with family over Christmas – despite the fact his official residence is in Downing Street in London – which is in Tier 4. The Financial Times reports the rule, which came into effect on December 2 and was updated on December 14, means Johnson and his partner […]

A cabinet minister has indicated that hopes are rising for a post-Brexit trade deal although major differences still remain between the UK and European Union. Negotiators are continuing to talk in Brussels, while prime minister Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen are in close contact in an effort to resolve remaining […]

Boris Johnson has been warned his future as prime minister will rest on the Oxford vaccine. Katy Balls, the deputy editor of the Spectator, has claimed that with Tories “fuming” over new coronavirus restrictions and no parliamentary scrutiny, they want to see a clear “exit strategy”. Number 10 has previously hinted at a return to normal by […]

Boris Johnson has overruled the peerage watchdog to make former Tory treasurer Peter Cruddas a life peer. The move went against the advice of the House of Lords Appointments Committee. A statement posted on the gov.uk website said: “The House of Lords Appointments Commission was invited by the prime minister to undertake vetting of all party […]