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Fergus Finlay
Fergus Finlay: Understand Leo's upbringing and you understand the man
Fergus Finlay
SFergus Finlay: Keyboard 'heroes' have no understanding of good leadership
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SColin Sheridan: The British empire is dying a slow death
SNP annual conference
Nicola Sturgeon described Boris Johnson as a ‘f****** clown’, UK covid inquiry told
She said Boris Johnson's 'utter incompetence in every sense is now offending me on behalf of politicians everywhere'

Thu, 25 Jan, 2024

Covid-19 pandemic inquiry
Johnson says second Trump presidency could be ‘what the world needs’
Mr Johnson, a staunch supporter of Ukraine, claimed that Mr Trump will not betray Ukraine.

Sat, 20 Jan, 2024

US Election 2020
S Fergus Finlay: I’m trying to stay optimistic but democracy looks dead on its feet
I never thought it would be possible to utter the phrase ‘Sinn Féin, the law and order party’ in a sentence without everyone falling around the place

Tue, 12 Dec, 2023

Covid-19 pandemic inquiry
Boris Johnson on verge of tears as he tells UK covid inquiry 2020 was a 'tragic, tragic' year
The former British prime minister said that at the start of 2020, coronavirus “wasn’t really escalated to me as an issue of national concern” as the data emerging from China was misunderstood

Wed, 06 Dec, 2023

Covid-19 pandemic inquiry
Boris Johnson to face start of two-day grilling at Covid inquiry
Boris Johnson will face the first of two days of questioning over his handling of the pandemic when he appears before the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

Wed, 06 Dec, 2023

Downing Street partygate
Boris Johnson wanted to be injected with covid to show ‘it didn’t pose a threat’
But later said he would rather “let the bodies pile high” than impose a second national lockdown

Tue, 07 Nov, 2023

King Charles III coronation
Carrie and Boris Johnson welcome birth of third child
Frank Alfred Odysseus Johnson is the couple’s first child born since Mr Johnson left Downing Street last year after losing the confidence of his Conservative Party

Tue, 11 Jul, 2023

Boris Johnson resigns as an MP
Boris Johnson allies criticised over attacks on MPs investigating partygate lies
His supporters frequently attacked the committee as a “witch hunt” and “kangaroo court” – with Mr Johnson found to be complicit in the campaign against the panel investigating him

Thu, 29 Jun, 2023

Shane MacGowan: Tory members caught dancing to Fairytale of New York during lockdown 'really funny'
Shane MacGowan: Tory members caught dancing to Fairytale of New York during lockdown 'really funny'
Pogues frontman has found the controversy hilarious given his dislike for the party at the heart of the controversy

Wed, 21 Jun, 2023

Global Soft Power Summit
MPs vote overwhelmingly for report that found Johnson lied about partygate
After several hours of debate on Mr Johnson’s conduct, Labour forced a vote on the motion, with the Opposition providing tellers for both the ayes and noes.

Mon, 19 Jun, 2023

Northern Ireland Assembly talks
Boris Johnson’s premiership ‘disastrous from start to finish’, says Michelle O’Neill
On Monday, Ms O’Neill said the Conservative’s time in government had been “bad for everybody”.

Mon, 19 Jun, 2023

Downing Street partygate
Johnson partygate hangover leaves Sunak with a headache
The fallout from a scathing report which found Boris Johnson lied to MPs over partygate has left Rishi Sunak with a battle to hold his warring Tory party together.

Fri, 16 Jun, 2023

Liz Truss becomes PM
Boris Johnson urges Privileges Committee to publish ‘nonsense’ report
In a 1,000-word exit statement, Mr Johnson accused the committee, chaired by Harriet Harman but with a Conservative majority, of “bias” and likened it to a “kangaroo court”.

Tue, 13 Jun, 2023

Liz Truss becomes PM
British MPs to conclude partygate inquiry in the aftermath of Johnson’s resignation
The panel is set to meet in Westminster on Monday with a view to deciding when to publish its report

Mon, 12 Jun, 2023

Liz Truss becomes PM
Boris Johnson: The former British prime minister who promised to get Brexit done
Mr Johnson led the Conservatives to a landslide election victory in 2019 – but was given a fixed penalty notice over Downing Street lockdown parties and then forced out by his own MPs after three years in office, following a string of scandals.

Fri, 09 Jun, 2023

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits UK
Deadline delayed for handing over Boris Johnson messages to Covid inquiry
The deadline for the UK government to hand over Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages, diaries and notebooks to the covid-19 inquiry has been extended as officials claimed they did not have all the documents demanded.

Tue, 30 May, 2023

Downing Street partygate
Boris Johnson reported to police over new ‘potential lockdown breaches’
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson has been reported to the police by the UK Cabinet Office over fresh claims that he may have broken lockdown rules during the pandemic.

Tue, 23 May, 2023

Conservative leadership bid
S Fergus Finlay: We used to produce political giants — look at what's running the world now
It’s not too late for social democracy — but it needs to wake up

Tue, 25 Oct, 2022

Liz Truss Resigns As Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
Irish Examiner view: Departure of Liz Truss must mark end of chaos in British politics
A general election seems the only sensible option to restore political order in Britain

Fri, 21 Oct, 2022

Prime Minister's Questions
S Terry Prone: Our Government makes the Conservatives look like amateurs
You have to hand it to Boris. In fairness, he pulled off one of the most difficult tricks in the book. The advice has always been that if you want to be remembered, in politics, you need to succeed a fool and be followed by a fool.

Mon, 17 Oct, 2022

Liz Truss becomes PM
Liz Truss officially becomes British prime minister after meeting Queen Elizabeth
She will now head to Downing Street to deliver her first speech in office, just hours after Boris Johnson used his farewell address to pledge “fervent support” to his successor

Tue, 06 Sep, 2022

Liz Truss becomes PM
'This is it, folks': Boris Johnson makes final speech as British prime minister
Boris Johnson held his wife’s hand and shook hands with officials as he left the street to rapturous applause.

Tue, 06 Sep, 2022

Conservative leadership bid
Liz Truss wins leadership battle to become new British prime minister
Described by allies as likely to be a 'very sad' occasion for the outgoing prime minister, Britain's Queen Elizabeth will receive Mr Johnson on Tuesday, where he will formally tender his resignation.

Mon, 05 Sep, 2022

Conservative leadership bid
Sarah Harte: Changing minds first begins with empathetic listening and sharing
A timely book seems to provide pointers as to how collective minds could be changed on climate change, Brexit, and many other issues

Wed, 03 Aug, 2022

Conservative leadership bid
Sunak and Truss must focus on cost of living and immigration – Tory voters
UK Conservative voters want Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to focus on the cost of living and immigration as they bid for the support of the party membership, a poll has found.

Thu, 21 Jul, 2022

Cabinet Meeting
Boris Johnson defends his leadership at his final cabinet meeting
Boris Johnson used his final cabinet meeting to defend his record in office as Tory leadership contenders sought to break from the policies he championed

Tue, 19 Jul, 2022

Conservative leadership bid
Sunak tells Tory rivals inflation must be beaten before taxes can be cut
Rishi Sunak has again insisted inflation must be brought under control before the UK government can cut taxes, following a bruising clash with Tory leadership contenders Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss.

Sat, 16 Jul, 2022

Brexit
Britain needs to get serious about growth, Tory contenders told
The Resolution Foundation drew attention to the UK’s “toxic combination” of low growth and high inequality

Wed, 13 Jul, 2022

Conservative leadership bid
Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt dumped from Tory leadership contest
The senior Conservatives failed to get the 30 votes required

Wed, 13 Jul, 2022

Prime Minister's Questions
Boris Johnson raises prospect of early exit as British prime minister
Johnson told MPs he would be leaving office 'with my head held high'

Wed, 13 Jul, 2022

Downing Street partygate
The race to No 10: Who has cleared the first hurdle?
A crowded field of contenders is vying to replace Boris Johnson as the next Tory leader and British prime minister.

Tue, 12 Jul, 2022

Conservative leadership bid
Irish Sea protocol and Scottish independence vote uncertainty 'face next Tory leader'
Many of the candidates are telling the Conservative electors they will cut personal and business taxes should they win

Tue, 12 Jul, 2022

Cabinet Meeting
Who is backing who? Shapps bows out to support Sunak in leadership contest
As the race to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party picks up steam, many Tory MPs have publicly revealed who has their backing.

Tue, 12 Jul, 2022

Fergus Finlay: Little bit of heaven in West Cork as Irish rugby flows and Boris goes
Fergus Finlay: Little bit of heaven in West Cork as Irish rugby flows and Boris goes
God is in his heaven, and all’s right with the world. I know it’s not appropriate for a humanist like me to be quoting Robert Browning’s little hymn to nature, but right now there may be nothing else that quite sums it up. For three reasons.

Tue, 12 Jul, 2022

Local council elections 2016
New British prime minister to be announced on September 5
Tory MPs will begin the process of voting for a new leader on Wednesday, with Boris Johnson’s successor to be finally announced on September 5.

Mon, 11 Jul, 2022

Boris Johnson resignation
Terry Prone: After Clownfall, Boris Johnson will resume his highly profitable media career
Nearly gone but not forgotten — because he's box office, editors will pay for the disgraced prime minister's raucous nonsense

Mon, 11 Jul, 2022

Brexit
Liz Truss enters Tory leadership race amid rows over ‘fantasy tax cuts’
Ms Truss kicked off her campaign with a video highlighting her work on trade deals and the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

Mon, 11 Jul, 2022

Economic pacts
Penny Mordaunt joins Tory leadership fray as candidates pledge tax cuts
It means nine Tories have now put themselves forward to replace Boris Johnson as Britain's prime minister, just days after a collapse in party support forced his resignation

Sun, 10 Jul, 2022

Brexit
Eight vie for leadership in contest for Boris Johnson’s successor
It comes after Nadhim Zahawi and Grant Shapps revealed their intention to run for the top job in the space of an hour

Sun, 10 Jul, 2022

Downing Street turmoil
Nadhim Zahawi announces ambition to be next UK prime minister
The former education secretary is the third serving UK government minister to kick off their campaign for the leadership

Sat, 09 Jul, 2022

Boris Johnson resignation
Boris out for count
The consummate boxing writer AJ Liebling has an anecdote which might commend itself to the still (last time we looked anyway) British prime minister Boris Johnson as he contemplates his future this weekend.

Sat, 09 Jul, 2022

Boris Johnson resignation
Boris Johnson rejects calls to let caretaker premier take over
Boris Johnson is refusing to heed calls to let a caretaker British prime minister take over, as would-be successors are weighing up leadership bids.

Fri, 08 Jul, 2022

Platinum Jubilee
Boris Johnson’s flat revamp cost €235,000, leaked invoice suggests
The British prime minister’s controversial refurbishment of his official Downing Street flat cost more than £200,000 (€235,000), a leaked copy of the invoice suggests.

Fri, 08 Jul, 2022

Boris Johnson resignation
Daniel McConnell: Boris is going, so it can't get any worse. Can it?
Bilateral relations between Ireland and Britain haven't been so low since the Thatcher years but the Eurosceptics in the Tory party still hold all the power, which doesn't bode well for Ireland

Fri, 08 Jul, 2022

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