# Boris Johnson

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2022

# Russia

Russian state TV host responds to Taoiseach's comments that nuclear simulation is 'sinister'

The station had broadcast a simulation of Ireland and the UK being destroyed by a nuclear strike.

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May 16th 2022, 6:56 PM

# Stormont

DUP wants actions, not words, on protocol, says Donaldson

Boris Johnson will meet the main Stormont parties tomorrow in a bid to break the deadlock on returning to power-sharing arrangements.

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May 15th 2022, 7:48 PM

# Sinn Féin

DUP blocking formation of executive in Stormont is a 'matter of disgrace', McDonald says

Nobody should be “spooked by the actions of the British government”, McDonald said.

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May 14th 2022, 7:11 PM

# Northern Ireland

Johnson says protocol causing ‘real problems’ in Northern Ireland and must be ‘fixed’

Boris Johnson said the DUP would not join a powersharing agreement until changes have been made to the Brexit treaty.

European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic earlier said the UK plans to scrap swathes of the Protocol are "unacceptable".

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dismissed suggestions of any possible escalatory response from the EU as "crazy".

DUP MP Sammy Wilson said his party has adopted a wait-and-see approach over what the UK Government will do about the Protocol.

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Updated May 12th 2022, 6:23 PM

# Sauli Niinisto

Finland’s leaders say their country must apply for Nato membership 'without delay'

The announcement paves the way for the alliance to expand amid Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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May 12th 2022, 1:33 PM

# Partygate

London police issue more than 50 additional fines over Partygate scandal

More than 100 referrals in total for fixed penalty notices have now been issued as part of this investigation.

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May 12th 2022, 12:29 PM

# The protocol

Coveney unsure if UK government interested in working to overcome Northern Ireland problems

The foreign affairs minister said the working relationship Ireland and the UK have enjoyed in the past is currently “absent”.

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Updated May 11th 2022, 8:48 PM

# Brexit

Liz Truss ‘will not shy away’ from taking action on Northern Ireland Protocol

It is understood the British Cabinet minister is poised to take further action in the coming weeks if negotiations with the EU continue to stall.

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May 11th 2022, 7:35 AM

# UK

Keir Starmer says he'll resign if he is fined for alleged lockdown breaches

UK police have reopened an investigation into an event Starmer attended in Durham which was dubbed ‘Beer-gate’ by critics.

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May 9th 2022, 5:46 PM

# Ah Keir

Tories step up pressure on Keir Starmer over ‘beergate’ row

A leaked memo suggested the beer and curry Starmer had with colleagues during UK coronavirus restrictions was planned in advance.

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May 8th 2022, 8:32 AM

# Local Elections

Boris Johnson accused of putting off voters as Tories down hundreds of council seats

Labour celebrated gains but their joy was overshadowed by the announcement of a police probe into whether Keir Starmer broke lockdown rules.

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May 7th 2022, 9:28 AM

# Local Elections

Boris Johnson faces backlash from Tories as Conservatives lose key council seats

Labour’s Keir Starmer has hailed a ‘turning point’ as the party takes key London authorities from the Conservatives.

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Updated May 6th 2022, 7:00 PM

# UK

Boris Johnson under fire over ‘attacks’ on lawyers contesting Rwanda migrant plan

The UK Prime Minister claimed that the proposal could be scuppered by ‘liberal lawyers’.

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May 5th 2022, 8:47 PM

# deputy labour leader

Boris Johnson writes to Angela Rayner to insist ‘Basic Instinct’ claim was not in his name

The claims, which were reportedly made by an unnamed Tory MP to the Mail on Sunday, have been widely condemned as sexist.

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Updated Apr 25th 2022, 12:40 PM

# Immigration

Rwanda president says UK asylum seeker deal 'not trading in humans'

The agreement has attracted criticism from rights groups, opposition figures in Britain and Rwanda, and the United Nations.

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Apr 22nd 2022, 6:07 PM

# Partygate

Boris Johnson will face parliamentary investigation as senior Tory says 'the gig's up' for the PM

Last week, Boris Johnson became the first UK leader to be fined for breaking the law for a June 2020 birthday party.

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Updated Apr 21st 2022, 5:19 PM

# Partygate

Tories whipped to delay vote on probe into whether Boris Johnson misled Parliament

The UK Government says the deferral will allow MPs ‘to have all the facts at their disposal’ when they make a decision.

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Apr 20th 2022, 10:30 PM

# Under Pressure

Johnson makes another 'humble' apology as ex-Tory chief whip calls on him to quit

Johnson says that previous comments he made in the House of Commons were “a mistake”.

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Updated Apr 19th 2022, 5:47 PM

# Ukraine

Russia bans Boris Johnson from the country

Moscow said the move is in response to the UK’s “unbridled information and political campaign aimed at isolating Russia internationally”.

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Apr 16th 2022, 10:51 AM

# Priti Patel

UK's asylum seeker deal with Rwanda not comparable with Australia’s policy, Home Secretary says

Boris Johnson’s government has announced a new policy that will see asylum seekers sent to Rwanda for processing.

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Updated Apr 14th 2022, 5:55 PM

# Downing Street

New blow for Boris Johnson as justice minister quits over Downing Street partygate breaches

David Wolfson said there had been a “breach of the criminal law” at No 10.

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Apr 13th 2022, 10:40 PM

# Partygate

Snap poll indicates 57% believe Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak should resign

Boris Johnson was fined over attending a gathering to mark his 56th birthday at No 10, at which he was ‘ambushed’ with a cake.

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Apr 13th 2022, 8:52 AM

# Partygate

Partygate: Boris Johnson pays fine and admits wrongful birthday gathering but defies calls to resign

Opposition parties have called for both Johnson and Rishi to resign.

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Updated Apr 12th 2022, 6:29 PM

# Debate

Boris Johnson says transgender women should not compete in women’s sport

The UCI prevented transgender cyclist Emily Bridges from competing in a women’s category last weekend.

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Apr 6th 2022, 3:55 PM

# UK

Boris Johnson drops plans to outlaw LGBT conversion therapy

The move was condemned by opposition parties.

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Mar 31st 2022, 8:07 PM

# Brussels Summit

Boris Johnson targets Putin’s ‘private army’ with new sanctions amid plea to allies

The UK Prime Minister is using a NATO emergency summit in Brussels today to commit to a new package to shore up Ukrainian defences.

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Mar 24th 2022, 9:47 AM

# UK

Boris Johnson under fire for comparing Ukraine fighting Russian invasion to UK's Brexit vote

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey said the UK Prime Minister “is a national embarrassment”.

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Mar 19th 2022, 5:13 PM

# Saudi Arabia

Boris Johnson meets with Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman

Johnson is one of the few Western leaders to visit Riyadh since the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

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Updated Mar 16th 2022, 5:48 PM

# Homeward Bound

British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has left Iran and will return to UK today

Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained since 2016.

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Updated Mar 16th 2022, 1:50 PM

# Boris

Boris Johnson faces new scrutiny over Russian lord

Longstanding speculation about Johnson’s friendship with newspaper baron Evgeny Lebedev has revived since Russia invaded Ukraine.

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Mar 13th 2022, 12:28 PM

# France

Emmanuel Macron lashes UK for not doing enough for Ukraine’s refugees

The French president criticised Boris Johnson’s Government over a policy which requires visa applications to be made in person in Brussels or Paris.

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Mar 12th 2022, 9:58 AM

# No-Fly Zone

Ukrainian issues emotional plea to Boris Johnson for no-fly zone to prevent Russian bombing

Journalist Daria Kaleniuk told Boris Johnson in Warsaw that he must do more to protect civilians in Ukraine.

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Mar 1st 2022, 2:05 PM

# russian sanctions

Details of Boris Johnson’s ‘largest and most severe’ sanctions against Russia unveiled

The package includes an intention to impose an asset freeze on all major Russian banks.

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Feb 24th 2022, 5:43 PM

# Partygate

Boris Johnson refuses to commit to resigning if found to have broken the law

Johnson handed a legal questionnaire to police on Friday regarding claims that lockdown-busting parties were held in Downing Street.

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Feb 20th 2022, 11:35 AM

# false flag

Johnson fears Russian ‘false flag’ action to discredit Ukraine ahead of invasion

Boris Johnson said he feared more violence following the shelling of a nursery school in clashes between Ukraine and Moscow-backed separatists.

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Feb 17th 2022, 3:10 PM

# Downing Street

UK police send Boris Johnson legal questionnaire in No 10 'partygate' probe

Downing Street said the Prime Minister will ‘respond as required’.

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Feb 11th 2022, 10:29 PM

# Downing Street parties

Boris Johnson refutes former PM's assertion that he has damaged the UK's reputation

John Major said ministers being sent to “defend the indefensible” made the Government look “distinctly shifty”.

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Updated Feb 10th 2022, 5:52 PM

# savile slur

Labour's Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of inciting mob with violent fascist conspiracy theory

Starmer said the UK Prime Minister had used a ‘deliberate slur without any basis in fact’.

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Feb 10th 2022, 7:07 AM

# champagne problems

Detectives investigating No 10 parties to start contacting people believed to have taken part

The Mirror earlier published a photo showing the Prime Minister near a prosecco bottle during a Christmas quiz.

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Updated Feb 9th 2022, 9:24 PM

# Living With Covid

Boris Johnson signals end to self-isolation rules in England as part of ‘living with Covid’

He said the legal requirement to self-isolate for positive cases of Covid-19 is expected to end later this month.

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Feb 9th 2022, 5:35 PM