Johnson backs colleague as Christmas party scandal rages

Starmer urges Conservative MPs to topple PM, claiming he is unfit for office

Seán Moncrieff: Daylight saving survives because we can’t be arsed to change it

If the effort required exceeds the degree of the problem being caused, we conclude: Nah

Johnson denies government is neglecting south after shock byelection loss

PM defends focus on ‘red wall’ after Lib Dems overturn big Conservative majority

Boris Johnson faces backlash over decision to extend restrictions

End of Covid social-distancing rules to be delayed for four weeks until July 19th

Seán Moncrieff: It’s almost like we’re asking for allergies

Our skin has never been so clean, so sanitised. We scrub so much we become allergic to nature

How the deal was made: Marathon talks, painful compromises

Final hours hinged on fate of a fraction of EU’s existing fishing quota rights

Coronavirus: UK lockdown may be in place for ‘months’ as new strain harder to contain

London and southeast England in new as European countries impose travel restrictions on UK

Boris Johnson vows to defeat coronavirus and build ‘New Jerusalem’

PM denies illness left him weak and unfocused in speech to Conservative party conference

Labour takes poll lead over Tories as parties see switch in fortunes

Keir Starmer ahead by four points on who would be better prime minister

Covid lockdowns to be eased for a million people in northwest England

Households will be able to mix in parts of Greater Manchester, Lancashire and West Yorkshire

British government conducts humiliating U-turn on A-level results

Grades for thousands of students in England will now be based on teachers’ assessments

Dominic Cummings controversy: The unanswered questions

Despite backing by Boris Johnson, key details about aide’s breaching of lockdown remain murky

‘What planet are they on?’ — UK press attacks Johnson and Cummings

Normally Tory-leaning outlets criticise prime minister and adviser for restrictions attitude

‘Stick to your word’: Johnson’s deal a sensitive topic for DUP

Party conference theme of ‘next generation unionism’ amid ongoing Brexit uncertainties

Brexit: So we have a deal, but what happens now and will the Commons back it?

British government source says ‘whipping is going to be medieval’ for commons vote

By the numbers: Can Boris Johnson get his deal through Westminster?

DUP votes will be important but not decisive in attempting to secure Commons majority

Cameron ‘truly sorry’ for division that followed Brexit

Former prime minister says he thinks about consequences of vote ‘every single day’

The vices that led Johnson to power are useless when you have to wield it

Fintan O’Toole: Johnson’s stock of trust is fatally low, not least in Dublin

Corbyn agrees united response to block Johnson election bid

House of Lords approves Bill seeking to block no-deal by forcing PM to delay Brexit again

Nigel Farage: ‘I’ve long been a great admirer of Charles Stewart Parnell’

Brexit Party leader has portrait of Irish leader on wall of his Brussels office

What is Jacob Rees-Mogg’s problem with Charles Stewart Parnell?

Irish leader was famous for his obstructionist tactics at Westminster

Corbyn’s plan to topple Boris Johnson opposed by key MPs

UK Labour leader wants to lead ‘time limited’ government to prevent no-deal Brexit

Hogan raises ERG plans around backstop with UK Brexit secretary

Hard-Brexit Tory MPs claim even a backstop abolition insufficient to avert no-deal exit

Boris Johnson to put ‘maximum energy’ into role as new British PM

Senior MPs in open revolt over new leader’s plan to leave EU with or without a deal

I was Boris Johnson’s boss: he is utterly unfit to be British prime minister

The Tory party is about to foist a tasteless joke upon the British people. He cares for nothing but his own fame and gratification

Leading historian says case must be made for NI to stay in UK

Paul Bew says new British PM must highlight the ‘intellectual weakness’ of a united Ireland

The truth and lies of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson

Were it not for Trump, Johnson might have been held to account for his long history of habitual lies

MPs would struggle to stop committed Leave PM from pushing through no-deal Brexit

London Letter: Demise of Theresa May leaves Tories facing some hard choices

Brexit: May’s legislation pulled fuelling speculation she is about to quit

Speculation growing that British PM is on verge of quitting

Warning of further delay to Brexit set to test patience of Tory MPs

Analysis: Lidington warning over withdrawal agreement deadline will alarm MPs

Boris Johnson’s sister announced as Change UK candidate

Anti-Brexit party launches European election campaign in Bristol

Eighty Labour MPs tell Jeremy Corbyn to secure second Brexit referendum

Letter signed by MPs, including shadow ministers, sent to Corbyn on Saturday

MPs warn May they will resist attempts to call snap election

MPs from pro-Brexit and pro-EU wings warned they could face an electoral disaster

Arlene Foster says DUP will not back May’s Brexit deal

Prime minister tells MPs she will stand down when her deal passes

Tory MPs vow to quit if Boris Johnson becomes leader

As PM’s authority wanes, some MPs say they will not stay in party run by ‘Brexit ultras’

Little optimism in Brussels as talks between EU and UK continue

DUP’s Nigel Dodds says new Barnier offer on Brexit ‘neither realistic nor sensible’

MPs to be given vote on no-deal or extending Brexit negotiations

Theresa May tells Commons she will put her withdrawal agreement to vote on March 12th

Brexit: US will insist on open border, says Varadkar

Congress will not support trade deal with UK that undermines Border, says Taoiseach

The Valentine’s Day Brexit proposals British MPs will vote on

A look at Theresa May’s main motion and the amendments that have been selected

May’s Brexit deal is defeated: What could happen next?

No confidence motion throws up several possibilities including a general election

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