Gray’s lengthy civil service career has coincided with some major national events, not least partygate.
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When the serious melds with the absurd, it’s easy to react in the wrong way.
Hundreds of thousands of red hearts adorn a wall directly opposite parliament, yet successive prime ministers have nothing to say about officially marking the lives lost in the pandemic.
The privileges process is a vital part of the British constitution so what the committee investigating Johnson decides matters for future precedent, even if he is gone.
The House of Commons committee of privileges has called for the former prime minister to be barred from having a former member’s pass, and with good reason.
The former prime minister has claimed a small group of MPs has forced him out but that’s not an accurate description of events.
The former prime minister insists gatherings with wine were essential work meetings.
Johnson claims he didn’t know pandemic rules were broken when parties were held in Downing Street.
The UK prime minister tendered his resignation after a slew of resignations by former allies in his government.
The prime minister’s personal popularity has plummeted but the people who decide how to replace him still can’t agree on a successor.
The Liberal Democrats think they can take the seat from Boris Johnson’s Conservatives in the wake of partygate – and longstanding resentment towards the political class is fuelling their optimism.
Prisoners in the UK are not allowed to vote. Their fate is a useful starting point for any backbencher wondering if it’s time to write a letter of no confidence in the prime minister.
Scandals and a misguided war on woke have cost Australia’s conservatives their voter base, opening the path for Labor.
The report on lockdown parties at Number 10 relied heavily on WhatsApp transcripts to show wrongdoing.
Instead of facing Sue Gray’s findings like a leader, the prime minister again engages in deceit, deflection and denial.
Boris Johnson’s Downing Street indulged in excessive drinking and parties while gathering was illegal – but is there enough evidence against the PM personally?
The ministerial code states that misleading parliament is a offence requiring a resignation. But it’s the prime minister himself who decides if the rule has been broken.
Even after paying a police fine for partygate, the prime minister continues to fail to accept responsibility for his own actions.
The question of whether the Labour leader broke the rules in Durham Miners Club will come down to whether the gathering was ‘reasonably necessary’ for work or election campaigning.
The prime minister accepts he broke the law but the question now becomes, did he mislead parliament about it?
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