Category: Boris Johnson

AUKUS Is the New ANZUS: Diplomacy Expert

The “historic” trilateral security pact between Australia, the United States, and the UK will take precedence over the existing and long-running ANZUS treaty involving New Zealand and the U.S. Joseph Siracusa, adjunct professor of international diplomacy at Curtin University said the “AUKUS” alliance was really an “updating” of the Australia, New Zealand, and United States…


Australia to Acquire Tomahawk Cruise Missiles Amid Historic US, UK Alliance

Australia will acquire Tomahawk missiles from the United States as part of the freshly minted AUKUS security agreement inked with America and the United Kingdom. The new Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS) agreement will see Australia become one of the only countries in the world to operate nuclear-powered submarines, despite ratifying the non-nuclear…


Australia to Acquire Tomahawk Cruise Missiles, 8 Nuclear Subs Amid Historic US, UK Alliance

Australia will acquire Tomahawk missiles and at least eight nuclear submarines from the United States as part of the freshly minted AUKUS security agreement inked with America and the United Kingdom. The new Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS) agreement will see Australia become one of the only countries in the world to operate…


Former Australian PM Quick to Back Historic AUKUS Security Alliance

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has called the newly announced trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom “historic and important.” “Historic because it overturns decades of strategic caution and announces to the world that we take national security seriously,” he said in a statement on Twitter on Sept. 16….


UK Employee Numbers Bounce Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Employee numbers in Britain have bounced back to pre-pandemic levels as the economic recovery continues, the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed on Tuesday. Employment was hit hard during the pandemic, but has shown signs of recovery since the end of 2020. The number of UK workers on payrolls rose by 241,000 to 29.1…


British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Mother Dies Aged 79

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s mother died on Monday at the age of 79. Charlotte Johnson Wahl, a well-known portrait painter, passed away “suddenly and peacefully” at St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, according to a death notice in The Times of London. Boris Johnson has previously described his mother as the “supreme authority” in the family….


Business Tax Increases Must End: UK Industry Group

A leading British industry group has urged the government to reward companies that continue investing instead of raising business taxes further. Tony Danker, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), said on Monday that UK businesses are willing to pay their fair share to help the country recover from the CCP (Chinese Communist Party)…


9/11 Terrorists Failed to Undermine Freedom and Democracy: UK’s Johnson

The perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks failed to undermine freedom and democracy and failed to make the world live in fear, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a message marking the 20th anniversary of the attack. He said the terrorists “tried to destroy the faith of free peoples everywhere in the open societies…


UK Conservative Party Falls Behind Labour in New Poll After Tax Hike

A new opinion poll suggests Britain’s ruling Conservative party has fallen behind the main opposition Labour party, following the government’s decision to break its election pledge by raising taxes. A YouGov survey found that backing for the Tories had fallen by five points to 33 percent after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an increase to…


UK, France in War of Words Over Illegal Immigrant Crossings in English Channel

The continuing illegal immigration crisis in the English Channel has sparked an unusually heated exchange of words between the governments of Britain and France. At least 14,100 people have crossed the English Channel to the UK aboard small boats this year, according to data compiled by the PA news agency. The figure so far is…