UK Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer has refused to apologise after images emerged of him drinking beer in an office in April 2021, insisting that he did not break COVID-19 rules. Starmer was pictured having a drink in the office of Mary Foy, Labour MP for the City of Durham, on April 30, 2021,…
UK Jury Clears Extinction Rebellion Activists Who Blocked Rush-Hour Train
A jury has cleared three Extinction Rebellion activists who caused 77 minutes of disruption to a rush-hour train in central London in 2019. Shortly before 7 a.m. on Oct. 17, 2019, Philip Kingston, 85, super-glued his hand to a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) train at Shadwell Station, while Sue Parfitt, 79, and Martin Newell, 54,…
Downing Street Apologises for Lockdown-Breaching Party on Eve of Royal Funeral
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office has apologised to the Queen after it was reported that two lockdown-breaching parties were held on the eve of the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral in April. The Telegraph reported that advisers and civil servants gathered after work for two separate events on April 16, 2021, in violation of COVID-19…
UK Minister Calls for Stronger Laws After Chinese Spy Found Operating in Parliament
January 14, 2022
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The UK needs to strengthen its laws to prosecute foreign agents engaged in political interference activities, Home Secretary Priti Patel said after a Chinese Communist spy was found to have been operating in the British Parliament. Britain’s MI5 security agency took the unusual step of sending an alert to Parliament warning that an individual named…
UK’s Johnson Faces Calls to Resign From Senior Conservatives Over Lockdown Party
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been urged to resign by senior Conservative politicians after he admitted attending a social gathering in the Downing Street garden during England’s first COVID-19 lockdown. At Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons on Jan. 12, Johnson said he attended a gathering in the garden for around 25…
UK’s Johnson Apologises for Attending Downing Street Lockdown Party
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologised for attending a social gathering in the Downing Street garden during England’s first COVID-19 lockdown, though he refused to admit he broke lockdown rules. According to UK media reports, Martin Reynolds, Johnson’s principal private secretary, sent an email in May 2020 to more than 100 Downing Street employees…
UK Conservatives Voice Frustration Over Lockdown-Breaching Downing Street Party
UK Conservative politicians have expressed shock and frustration after new revelations emerged about yet another party held in Downing Street during the COVID-19 lockdown. According to UK media reports, Martin Reynolds, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s principal private secretary, sent an email in May 2020 to more than 100 Downing Street employees inviting them to a…
UK’s Johnson Blasted Over Downing Street Garden Party During COVID-19 Lockdown
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a barrage of criticism after new revelations emerged about yet another party held in Downing Street during the COVID-19 lockdown. According to UK media reports, Martin Reynolds, the prime minister’s principal private secretary, sent an email in May 2020 to more than 100 Downing Street employees inviting them…
UK’s Johnson Under Pressure to Relax COVID-19 Restrictions
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under pressure from his backbench Conservative MPs to commit to ending restrictions and start managing COVID-19 as an endemic disease like flu. Former chief whip Mark Harper, an influential lockdown-sceptic, warned Johnson that he could suffer a significant rebellion later this month if he tries to extend the “Plan…
UK Parliament Standards Tsar Asked to Probe ‘Cosy Texts’ Between PM and Tory Donor
Labour has called for a probe into “whether rich people can pay to get access to government ministers” following the release of “cosy text messages” between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and a Tory donor. WhatsApp messages released on Thursday showed that Johnson discussed a proposed “Great Exhibition 2.0” with Lord David Brownlow at the same…
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