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The Northern Agenda: Is Boris Johnson at the races?

Read the Northern Agenda newsletter for Friday 17th June 2022

Manchester Evening News

Tory by-election candidate says voters should still back party as ‘we still trust GPs after Harold Shipman’

Parliamentary hopeful says he believes voters understand there are ‘bad apples’ among politicians

The Independent UK

Thursday briefing: Bodies found in search for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira; PM’s ethics adviser quits

In today’s newsletter: details on the dreadful news of the Guardian contributor and Indigenous activist missing in Brazil, and more on the resignation of Lord Geidt

The Guardian - UK

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EU restarts legal action against UK in clash on Brexit bill

LONDON — The European Union is restarting legal proceedings against the U.K. as Brussels prepares for a drawn-out fight over London’s move to override part of the Brexit deal.

Tribune News Service

Johnson moves to renege on his own ‘terrible’ Brexit deal – but will the Tories kill it?

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss unveiled on Monday plans to override some post-Brexit rules for Northern Ireland on the grounds that they create unacceptable barriers with the rest of the UK. But Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government was warned about such problems after striking his very own 2019 Brexit deal,…

France 24

Key points in Northern Ireland Protocol legislation and what happens next in Brexit dispute

Here is our guide to the legislation and what to look out for as the deepening political row develops

Belfast Live

Johnson drags UK into Brexit groundhog day over Northern Ireland

Boris Johnson risks reopening divisions that tore his Conservative Party apart in 2019, with his government set to propose a law that would let U.K. ministers override parts of the Brexit deal he signed with the European Union.

Tribune News Service

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Boris Johnson’s endless battle to survive

The phone call that Boris Johnson was bracing for finally came as he was preparing for the Platinum Jubilee finale on June 5. Conservative Party grandee Graham Brady confirmed that more than 15% of the prime minister’s own MPs had submitted letters of no-confidence. A vote on his future was…

Tribune News Service

Dorries slips the leash to clear up the Big Dog’s mess

The loose-cannon culture secretary said the quiet bits out loud in a week of Conservative pantomime

The Guardian - UK

Former Leeds Tory candidate made racist Twitter threat to MP David Lammy

Man convicted of making racist death threat to Labour politician stood for Conservatives 12 times in Leeds

Leeds Live

Boris Johnson’s Weakness Brings International Complications

When British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a no-confidence vote this week, at least one other world leader shared his relief. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it was "great news" that "we have not lost a very important ally." It was a welcome boost for a British leader who divides…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Man who sent racist death threat to David Lammy is 12-time Conservative election candidate

Labour MP says Tory party has ‘serious questions’ to answer

The Independent UK

The tactics Tory rebels could use to derail Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson is keen to move on from the confidence vote that, while showing a victory on paper for him, reveals an extremely divided Conservative Party.

The Conversation

Conservative Party: who are the rebels and why do they want Boris Johnson gone?

Boris Johnson rose to power as the Conservative Party’s “Heineken” leader: deemed able to reach parts of the electorate that other Conservatives couldn’t. But fewer than three years after winning a stunning election victory, he now has the distinction of attracting the greatest vote of no confidence in any prime…

The Conversation

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Tribune News Service

Editorial: Boris Johnson survives — for now

Boris Johnson survived a Conservative Party no-confidence vote. Still, the bruising he took from his fellow Tories and his falling fortunes among British voters do not inspire confidence that the United Kingdom's prime minister is out of political trouble.

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson to face MPs amid call to appoint chief rival to Cabinet

BORIS Johnson is to be grilled by MPs for the first time since he survived a bruising vote of no confidence from his own parliamentarians.

The Independent UK

Which Conservatives could succeed UK's Johnson if he falls?

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson managed to narrowly win a no-confidence vote from his own Conservative Party, but the result dealt a heavy blow to his authority

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson 'urged to make Jeremy Hunt chancellor by allies for dream team'

The prime minister is being urged to offer Jeremy Hunt the role of chancellor of the exchequer in a bid to unify the Conservative party after the confidence vote in Boris Johnson, it is reported

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Belfast Live

Taoiseach urges Boris Johnson to 'steady the ship' and pull back from overriding Brexit Protocol

Micheál Martin said "unilateralism will not work" as he urged the UK government to negotiate with the EU

The Independent UK

Taoiseach plea to UK Government to pull back from unilateral action on protocol

Micheal Martin said Europe will respond in a ‘calm and firm’ way when the British Government publishes legislation over the protocol.

The Conversation

I correctly predicted the vote on Boris Johnson's leadership – here's how I did it

It would be nice to claim that the near complete accuracy of my prediction of the result of the Conservative Party’s vote of no confidence in Boris Johnson was a glorious triumph of dedicated political science: I predicted that 211 MPs would vote for him to 147 against (the actual…

Daily Mirror

3 Tories whose no confidence claims are haunting them now their man is in power

On Monday, Tory MPs voted 211 to 148 in support of Mr Johnson following a chaotic few months for the PM including the partygate scandal, Tory sleaze and his disastrous handling of the cost-of-living crisis.

Evening Standard

The reason the Tories keep winning elections

The thing you have to understand about British politics is that the Conservative Party is rather good at it. In the last 100 years, the Tories have been in government in one way or another (majority, minority, coalition, national) for roughly two-thirds of the period.

Birmingham Post

Decision to abandon £3bn HS2 line slammed by rail firms

The move was revealed just 30 minutes before the outcome of the confidence vote in Boris Johnson's leadership of the Conservative Party was announced

The Independent UK

UK Boris Johnson's ups and downs: key events in his career

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a confidence vote Monday night but saw his authority undermined as more than 40% of his party’s lawmakers backed calls for him to step down

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