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The Latest Breaking News from Boris Johnson

Oliver Dowden resigns as Conservative party chair after two by-election defeats

"We cannot carry on with business as usual."

Manchester Evening News

Johnson's Tories Crushed in Twin UK Parliamentary By-elections

Beleaguered British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered two crushing parliamentary by-election defeats on Friday, including in a southwest English seat previously held by his ruling Conservatives for over a century. The Tories lost the Tiverton and Honiton seat to the centrist Liberal Democrats while the main opposition Labor party regained…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Byelection defeats cast pall over Boris Johnson’s pitch that he is an election winner

Analysis: Dire results in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton make it more likely PM will face renewed challenge

The Guardian - UK

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What the papers say – June 24

Friday’s front pages warn of terminal ‘turmoil’ and ‘chaos’ as worker dissatisfaction with wages spreads to British Airways.

The Independent UK

How ‘vice-signalling’ swallowed electoral politics

Politicians have always pandered. But lately, political stunts, from Trump’s wall to Johnson’s Rwanda flights, have taken a darker turn

Financial Times

Friday briefing: Party chair resigns after catastrophic results for Tories

In today’s newsletter: devastating results for the Conservatives in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton intensify questions over the prime minister’s future

The Guardian - UK

Oliver Dowden resigns as Tory chair after Conservatives lose two by-elections

The Liberal Democrats won Tiverton and Honiton, which had previously been held by the Tories with a 24,000 majority, while Labour won Wakefield.

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Oliver Dowden quits as Tory chair after Conservatives lose two by-elections

Mr Dowden said in his letter to the PM the by-elections “are the latest in a run of very poor results for our party"

Wales Online

UK Conservatives lose 2 elections in blow to PM Johnson

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s leadership of the Conservative party suffered a heavy double blow as voters rejected the Tories in two by-elections

The Independent UK

Oliver Dowden resigns as Tory party chairman after historic by-election defeat

Oliver Dowden has resigned as chairman of the Tory party after it suffered two by-election defeats, saying in a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson that "someone must take responsibility".

Evening Standard

By-election news - live: PM loses backing of more Tory MPs after disastrous defeats

Senior Tory MP says PM’s fall from power ‘is now a question of when, not if’

The Independent UK

Britain's Conservative party chair resigns after by-election defeats

Oliver Dowden, the chairman of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative party, resigned on Friday, saying it could not carry on with business as usual after two crushing by-election defeats and someone had to take responsibility.

Reuters

Charles to tell Commonwealth leaders becoming a republic ‘is their own decision’

His observations are likely to be interpreted as acknowledging forces already in motion.

The Independent UK

London politics latest: Nadhim Zahawi insists ‘our voters stayed home’ after disastrous by-election results

Tory defeat in Tiverton & Honiton and Wakefield is the first time in more than 30 years a government has lost two by-elections on the same day

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Kyiv orders troops to pull out of Sievierodonetsk – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Oliver Dowden resigns as Conservative party chair after byelection losses

Tory MP says someone ‘must take responsibility’ for defeats, amid growing pressure on Boris Johnson

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson loses ‘distressed and disappointed’ ally Oliver Dowden from cabinet

‘We cannot carry on with business as usual’, senior MP says in pointed letter to Boris Johnson

The Independent UK

Tories handed ‘wake-up call’ with double defeat in Tiverton and Wakefield by-elections

Lib Dem win in Devon represents the largest majority ever overturned at by-election

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Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson suffers brutal double by-election defeat as voters abandon Tories

Disastrous by-election defeats in Wakefield, and Tiverton and Honiton will pile pressure on Boris Johnson, who has been trying to restore his battered premiership after he clung on in a no confidence vote

The Independent UK

New Wakefield MP Simon Lightwood says Labour is ‘rebuilding the red wall’

Mr Lightwood was elected with a majority of 4,925 on a swing of 12.7% from the Tories to Labour.

The Independent UK

Newly elected Lib Dem MP Richard Foord calls on Boris Johnson to quit

Richard Foord said the ‘people of Tiverton & Honiton have spoken for Britain’ after overturning a Tory majority of 24,000

The Independent UK

What next for Boris Johnson after double by-election blow?

The sensational loss of Tiverton and Honiton and Labour’s recapture of Wakefield will put fresh pressure on the Prime Minister.

The Guardian - UK

Tories lose two key byelections on same night in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton

Labour takes Wakefield and Lib Dems snatch Tiverton and Honiton, piling pressure on Boris Johnson

Reuters

Boris Johnson's Conservatives lose Wakefield at by-election

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservatives lost the parliamentary seat of Wakefield in northern England on Friday, with voters dealing a blow to the party after months of scandals and a growing cost of living crisis.

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems tell Tories Johnson must go after Tiverton and Honiton win

Ed Davey says Conservatives across country will lose seats as his party demolishes majority of 24,000

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