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How previous Tory leaders have fared in confidence votes or challenges

There have been a number of votes faced by Conservative Party leaders over the last few decades.

The Independent UK

John Major reveals he wished the Queen had been a member of his cabinet

Today kicks off the platinum jubilee weekend to celebrate 70 years of the Queen's reign, a feat no British monarch has ever managed

Daily Mirror

Former PM says he felt Queen would have made a good Cabinet member

Sir John Major says the monarch has ‘represented our better selves for over 70 years’.

The Independent UK

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Platinum Jubilee: All 14 Prime Ministers to serve under the Queen during her 70-year reign

Throughout her reign the Queen has witnessed 18 General Elections and seen 14 different Prime Ministers occupy Downing Street.

Daily Record

The Queen’s relationships with her 14 prime ministers

Her first premier was Sir Winston Churchill and her most recent is Boris Johnson.

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries says 'one or two' Tories plotting to topple PM but she has 'no idea' who

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries, an arch-loyalist of Boris Johnson, insisted 'one or two' Tory MPs were leading a 'co-ordinated' campaign against the PM over the Sue Gray report

Daily Mirror

Minister accuses Tory plotters of acting out of ‘personal ambition’

Nadine Dorries said Conservative MPs calling for Boris Johnson’s resignation were doing the opposition’s work for them.

The Independent UK

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How Partygate could do for Johnson as Black Wednesday did for Major

The Tory reputation for economic competence was shredded in 1992 but the present PM’s woes go deeper, politically and economically

The Guardian - UK

UK Government has ‘lost critical trust’ in Northern Ireland, says ex-minister

Lord Hain said the Government is no longer trusted in the way it was when led by former prime ministers John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

The Independent UK

Sir John Major says ‘help must come’ from government over cost of living

‘Penniless’ people of Britain would lose trust in state if financial aid is not forthcoming, he says

The Independent UK

Tory MP Lee Anderson serves up a 30p recipe for ridicule

Letters: David Redshaw, Tony Rhodes, Florence Rayner, Jane M Card, Peter Fellows, David G Cantrell and Rod Price respond to insulting remarks made about struggling families

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson ‘out of touch and mired in sleaze’ claims Davey ahead of elections

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey compared the situation to the dying days of Sir John Major’s administration.

Evening Standard

Johnson ‘out of touch and mired in sleaze’ claims Davey ahead of elections

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey compared the situation to the dying days of Sir John Major’s administration.

The Independent UK

More Britons back Boris Johnson’s handling of Ukraine war, new poll reveals

The Ipsos survey for The Standard showed 58% of adults in Britain are satisfied with the way the Government is responding to Vladimir Putin’s invasion, up from 46% in March

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'Johnson, like Major, is cruelly mocked, held in contempt and distrusted by most voters'

Thursday’s local council contests will be a mini-referendum on the Tories and Labour across Britain, according to The Mirror's Kevin Maguire

Chronicle Live

From the States to Shields: Ex-US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to speak at 2022 South Shields Lecture

The wife of former President Bill Clinton has notable ties to the North East, with her great grandfather residing in County Durham.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson promises to give nuclear test veterans 'recognition they deserve'

Boris Johnson looks set to overrule a secretive Whitehall committee and award a medal to the survivors of Britain’s Cold War testing programme. No Prime Minister has ever made such a pledge

The Guardian - UK

Channel 4: the 40-year countdown to privatisation

Tories have been muttering about a sell-off since the 1980s when Thatcher vetoed the idea, thinking it would reduce quality

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Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: After plinth success, artists join forces again

Londoner’s Diary: Fourth Plinth artists team up again / Mae Martin leaves Graham Norton guessing / V&A Chairman pays tribute to magazine publisher who never said ‘no’ to a party / John Major on the real reason why chose the date of his victorious 1992 election

The Guardian - UK

‘I get a chill’: Bertie Carvel on exploring the human side of Donald Trump

Of all the baddies Carvel has portrayed on stage and screen, this may be his most challenging yet. He reveals what lies beneath the bombast of The Donald

Evening Standard

Who’s who in The Crown season 5? All the new cast members joining Netflix’s royal saga

A fresh cohort of famous faces will join Netflix’s royal saga in November

Zenger

VIDEO: Russia Claims Foreign Mercenaries Hit With Missile Strike In Ukraine Near NATO Member Poland

Former U.K. prime ministers Major, Brown sign on to a proposal calling for a tribunal to investigate Putin for war crimes.

The Independent UK

Gordon Brown and Sir John Major want Putin in front of Nuremberg-style trial

The proposal already has over 140 signatories

The Guardian - UK

Sir Richard Shepherd obituary

Maastricht rebel Conservative MP who opposed his government’s handling of the Scott report into the arms-to-Iraq inquiry

The Independent UK

Maastricht rebel Sir Richard Shepherd dies aged 79

The former Tory MP had the whip withdrawn by John Major over his opposition to the Maastricht Treaty on the EU.

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