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UK's Labour Party win resounding victories over Conservatives

Britain's opposition Labour party have won two by-elections over the ruling Conservatives, putting even more pressure on Rishi Sunak's party as the next general election fast approaches.

20/10/2023

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Race to become next British PM begins in earnest

International Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss have become the latest to announce their bids to succeed Boris Johnson, with the Tory's 1922 Committee set to lay out the process later today

11/07/2022

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Who could replace Boris Johnson as UK prime minister?

With Boris Johnson now stepping down, we take a look at his likely replacements.

07/07/2022

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Boris Johnson resigns but stays in power until his successor is chosen

Among the possible candidates to succeed Johnson: former Health Secretary Sajid Javid, former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Defense Secretary Ben Wallace.

07/07/2022

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Why have the Conservatives fallen out of love with Boris Johnson?

The last few months have been a conveyor belt of crises for Britain’s Conservative Party and its ever-erratic leader Boris Johnson, with the Tories seemingly lurching from one scandal to the next.

06/07/2022

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Ex-UK Speaker Bercow, scourge of Brexiteers, joins Labour

Former Speaker John Bercow became a hero to opponents of Brexit and was recognised around the world for his loud calls of “Order!”

20/06/2021

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Manchester Young Conservatives strongly criticise leader Boris Johnson

The chairman of Manchester Young Conservatives has slammed UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, telling Euronews that the Tory leader has carried out "U-turn after U-turn, incompetent move after incompetent move".

21/10/2020

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Euroviews. UK is the best place in Europe to be a Muslim - but Johnson must not tolerate Islamophobia ǀ View

It’s time for Boris Johnson to get serious about Islamophobia. The UK’s four million Muslims are a significant political force.

23/12/2019

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Euroviews. The NHS has barely survived under the Tories. Boris Johnson’s victory will be its death knell ǀ View

A photo of an unwell child lying on a hospital floor, on top of a pile of coats, has only added to the political pressure facing British prime minister, Boris Johnson and his Conservative party in the run up to this week’s general election.

11/12/2019

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Euroviews. Our love of eccentricity means Teflon Boris Johnson will survive Brexit Britain’s collapse ǀ View

In only a very short stint in Number 10, Boris Johnson has managed to wreak several shades of havoc – even a constitutional crisis – yet his persona seems to deflect and defuse animosity. How?

17/09/2019

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Euroviews. Will Boris Johnson be a unifying leader? Time will tell ǀ View

The UK sorely needs a unifying leader who can be a prime minister for all Brits. No stranger to controversy or even accusations of racism, Johnson will have his work cut out if he is going to create inclusion for all his citizens.

23/07/2019

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UK's Johnson and Hunt clash over Brexit,Trump in first TV debate

The two contenders expressed differing views on how to deal with US President Donald Trump amid a leaked memos scandal.

09/07/2019

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Euroviews. If the Tory leadership race achieves one thing, it should be urgent change to our drugs laws ǀ View

Away from Conservative Party hustings, the leadership hopefuls shared details about what they get up to outside of politics. Something which has interested the public is their historic drug use.

21/06/2019

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Johnson says Brexit delay would harm 'confidence in politics'

The remaining five Tory leadership candidates faced off in a second debate to determine who will be the next Prime Minister.

19/06/2019

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Euroviews. Business owners must show leadership over Brexit - even if Tory leadership hopefuls are not ǀ View

No longer party leader as of 7 June 2019, May will officially step down as prime minister during the week of 22 July. With the leadership candidates all demonstrating vastly different opinions regarding Brexit, there is still a great deal of uncertainty about how the next few months will play out.

12/06/2019

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Euroviews. The centre can hold: Reassembling a broken party system for the new century ǀ View

When historians open their laptops and look back at the latter half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, one of the key psephological trends they will notice is the decline of the two main political parties’ vice-like grip on the electoral system.

29/05/2019