Boris Johnson has "full confidence" in his embattled Chancellor after a row broke out over his family's finances.
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mocking Boris Johnson’s party gate scandal during I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!. The duo will be battling it out with Strictly Come Dancing winner Rose Ayling-Ellis and Adele for a coveted TV Bafta as they go head-to-head for the ‘must-see moment’ award. The Prime Minister was under enormous scrutiny when it was revealed Downing Street had been hosting several boozy gatherings during the height of lockdowns.
During an episode of I’m A Celeb, Ant and Dec joked the show’s contestants ‘categorically deny’ any suggestion they had a party in the Welsh castle where the show takes place. They added: ‘And this fictional party definitely didn’t involve cheese and wine, or a Secret Santa. ’Dec then looked directly into the camera and said: ‘Evening Prime Minister … for now.
’Rose stunned the nation when she and her partner Giovanni Pernice cut the music so viewers could experience her performance from her perspective as someone who is Deaf. The routine was one of the stand-out moment from all series of Strictly, which she said was a ‘tribute’ to the Deaf community. She eventually went on to win Strictly, becoming the first Deaf champion to do so and inspiring so many others to reach for the stars.
Comedian Rosie Jones, who has cerebral palsy, recently told Metro. co. uk she would love to follow Rose’s lead and take part in the next series of Strictly too.
Boris Johnson has "full confidence" in his embattled Chancellor after a row broke out over his family's finances.
Boris Johnson has met President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The Ukrainian embassy in London tweeted a picture of the two leaders meeting face to face.
Boris Johnson has been pictured in a meeting with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky, after the UK’s Prime Minister arrived in Kyiv for an unannounced visit.
The Prime Minister has warned that another lockdown isn't out of the question if a new and deadly variant of coronavirus appears.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a Conservative, received backlash from health and LGBTQI organisations after doubling down on exempting trans kids from the ban on ‘conversion therapy.’In an interview with SkyNews, Johnson remarked that he is “sad” about the backlash but said, “I don’t think that it’s reasonable for kids to be deemed so-called Gillick-competent to take decisions about their gender or irreversible treatments that they may have. I think there should be parental involvement at the very least.” He finished the statement by saying that he is understanding of people’s situations and supportive if people want to “change” genders. Boris Johnson explains why he is exempting trans children from the ban on conversion therapy He also ranges more widely on the issue of competing rights for the first timeFull exchange: pic.twitter.com/cRY2ohXev1— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) April 6, 2022The acting chair of the British Medical Association’s (BMA) representative body, Dr Latifa Patel, disagreed with Johnson and believes that “conversion therapy should be banned “in its entirety. “While this is now supposedly happening for gay and bisexual people, it seems the Government will only rely on current legislation or non-legislative options for transgender people who are subjected to the practice.
Boris Johnson will reportedly not be interviewed by the Metropolitan Police as part of their investigation into alleged lockdown-breaching parties in Downing Street and Whitehall. That's because the force is not interviewing those who have received questionnaires as part of the inquiries.
Boris Johnson has seemingly refused to recognise that parties in Whitehall and Downing street breached lockdown rules at the time. It comes after 20 fixed penalty notices were issued this morning, according to Scotland Yard.
The BAFTAs have announced the shortlist for their 2022 TV awards.This Morning star Alison Hammond has received a nomination in the entertainment performance category, alongside the likes of Graham Norton and Joe Lycett. Sharing her excitement at her nomination on Wednesday morning, Alison posted a photo of her clutching a BAFTA and looking shocked while she joked that she’d love to win the award so it could prop her kitchen door open.The 47 year old wrote: “I mean a @bafta Nomination was not the first thing I thought today was going to bring , I am absolutely BUZZING ! “Our worth should not be measured with awards and trophies , however I have felt how heavy a Bafta is and would really love it to keep my kitchen door open”.
Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke has criticised the lack of punishment given to Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the “partygate” scandal at Downing Street.Earlier this year, a report by Sue Gray revealed that 16 separate alleged gatherings were being investigated in Number 10. Gray later concluded that some of these events “should not have been allowed to take place.”She went on to say “too little thought” was given to public health concerns and confirmed that the Metropolitan Police was investigating 12 of these events, on eight separate dates for alleged coronavirus rule-breaking.That included the 20 May 2020 “bring your own booze” event in Downing Street’s garden and the PM’s birthday on June 19, 2020.She went onto say “there were failures of leadership and judgment by different parts of No 10 and the Cabinet Office at different times.”Speaking about the scandal to NME, Okereke has criticised the response and lack of culpability for the alleged events.“Boris has been proved to lie to Parliament and nothing has happened,” he told NME.
Boris Johnson’s energy strategy that could lead to a new dash for gas and oil in the North Sea has been delayed again.
Boris Johnson has admitted the government needs "to do more" to tackle the growing cost of living crisis plaguing the UK.
Rishi Sunak has slapped down the Prime Minister for comparing Ukraine's fight against war crimes to Brits voting for Brexit.
Boris Johnson was accused of being a “threat to national security” following reports he was at a Tory party fundraising event on the night Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine.
Boris Johnson has compared the Ukrainian people's fight for freedom to British people voting for Brexit.