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Follow the latest updates on former prime minister Boris Johnson. The Tory MP was succeeded as party leader by Liz Truss in September 2022.
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- NewsThe Independent
Ex-Boris Johnson aide Samuel Kasumu says diverse cabinet is not racism ‘get out of jail free card’
Samuel Kasumu said some of the most divisive politicians are non-white, including former home secretary Suella Braverman, and it is ‘not the colour of your skin that matters’
- NewsThe Independent
Boris Johnson’s secret Venezuela trip to meet President Maduro ‘paid for by hedge fund’
The former prime minister was accompanied on the visit by Maarten Petermann, the founder of hedge fund Merlyn Advisors
- NewsPA Media: UK News
Boris Johnson did not take Covid-19 ‘seriously’ early in pandemic, inquiry told
Mark Drakeford, the First Minister of Wales, criticised the former prime minister for being like the ‘absent manager’ of a football team.
- NewsThe Guardian
Boris Johnson ‘largely absent’ early in Covid crisis, Welsh leader tells inquiry
Mark Drakeford criticises UK ministers and says there is ‘plausible case’ that Welsh government should have acted sooner
- NewsSky News
Boris Johnson like 'absent football manager' as pandemic hit, says Mark Drakeford
The first minister of Wales has said Boris Johnson was like the "absent manager" of a football team in the early days of the pandemic. Mark Drakeford criticised the former prime minister during his evidence to the UK COVID public inquiry. In evidence on Wednesday, he also described Michael Gove - who had been the point of contact between Westminster and the Welsh government - as "a centre forward without a team lined up behind him, and where the manager was largely absent".
- NewsPA Media: UK News
Boris Johnson like an ‘absent football manager’ during pandemic, inquiry told
Mark Drakeford, Wales’ outgoing First Minister, criticised the former prime minister’s leadership and failure to chair meetings during the pandemic.
- NewsThe Independent
Black ex-Boris Johnson aide joins criticism of Tory donor in ‘hate all blacks’ Diane Abbott row
Samuel Kasumu has called on the Frank Hester to ‘invest his time and resources’ into fighting against racism after his alleged comments about Diane Abbott
- NewsPA Media: UK News
Boris Johnson branded ‘scatty, incoherent and rambling’ in key pandemic meetings
Vaughan Gething, the Welsh health minister during the pandemic, criticised the former PM’s handling of briefings, at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
- NewsHuffPost UK
Boris Johnson's Hopes Of A Political Comeback Have Been Dealt A Major Blow
A plot to get him back into the Commons has hit a snag.
- EntertainmentThe Guardian
The week in TV: Mary & George; The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson; The Gentlemen; Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice – review
Julianne Moore revels in an X-rated period romp, Jennifer Arcuri enlivens a predictable Boris Johnson profile, and Guy Ritchie’s eight-part drama resorts to stereotypes