Liz Truss says she wanted Boris Johnson to ‘carry on as Prime Minister’
Appearing on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme she said: “I wanted Boris to carry on as prime minister.”
Conservative Party
Tory members demand they are given the option of voting for Boris Johnson in the leadership ballot
The wording of the petition states: “I demand Boris Johnson is added to the ballot as an option for the members to vote upon in the forthcoming election.”
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Boris Johnson told to ‘turn up for work’ after skipping heatwave crisis meetings to host chequers party
The prime minister has “clearly clocked off”
Daily Mail slammed for Islamophobic front page
“You would have thought that meeting the first woman leader of the largest Muslim umbrella body would be welcomed and applauded”
Just 4% of Tory party members think hitting net zero target should be a policy priority
The views of the party membership are in stark contrast to the concerns of the majority of the country, with a poll in April finding that 64% of all voters supported the government’s plans to hit the net zero target.
Dominic Raab pulls out of planned appearance before the joint committee on human rights
We now have a zombie government that carries with it the real risk of paralysing the country at the worst possible time.
Nadine Dorries ridiculed for claiming a ‘coup’ brought down Boris Johnson
“Has Nadine Dorries forgotten that she did the exact same thing to Theresa May?”
Penny Mordaunt has accepted thousands of pounds in donations from donor linked to climate denial group
Mordaunt received the donation from a firm called ‘First Corporate Consultants, owned by Terence Mordaunt – a renowned critic of established climate change science’.
Priti Patel slammed for avoiding accountability after refusing to appear before Home Affairs Committee
“Not exactly in the spirit of the ministerial code”