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Explained: Why Rishi Sunak will find it difficult to become PM despite being favourite of Tory MPs
Fp Explainers •While Rishi Sunak has been winning Conservative Party MPs, a new poll shows him losing to both Liz Truss and Penny Mourdant in the run-off that will be decided by over 160,000 Conservative Party members over the summer
Boris Johnson apologises over ‘partygate’ as report finds ‘failures of leadership and judgement’
•Johnson brushed off calls to quit over the 'partygate' scandal, promising to reform the way his office is run and insisting that he and his government can be trusted
'Partygate': UK govt braces for probe report that may cost Boris Johnson his job as prime minister
•A senior civil servant is investigating claims that government staff held late-night soirees and 'wine time Fridays' while UK was under coronavirus curbs in 2020 and 2021. Johnson’s office has promised to publish the probe's findings
Vote of no-confidence: How UK Conservatives could oust Boris Johnson from office
•Talks are swirling that some lawmakers want to oust the British prime minister over allegations that he and his staff held lockdown parties during the COVID-19 pandemic
Watch: 100 people dressed as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson party outside 10 Downing Street
Trendingdesk •This comes after videos surfaced Johnson attending a 'bring your own booze' party at Downing Street last year when the country was under COVID-19 lockdown
UK prime minister Boris Johnson, wife Carrie announce birth of baby girl
•The baby is the 57-year-old prime minister's seventh child, after Wilfred Johnson was born to the couple in April last year
The Crown season 4 review: Netflix's historical drama is an absolute treat for royal watchers and the uninitiated
Devenk •The season makes for some delightful episodic arcs such as the most watched wedding of the previous century; Charles and Diana’s Royal visit to Australia; the security breach at Buckingham Palace; the tragic, downward spiral of Princess Margaret; the much talked about rift between The Queen and Thatcher.
Boris Johnson's top media aide Lee Cain resigns amid reports of power struggle at 10 Downing Street
•Cain announced he would step down after ministers and advisers, including Johnson's fiancee Carrie Symonds, reportedly protested over his planned promotion to the post of chief of staff
Who protects British democracy from Russia? No one, concludes UK Parliament report
•The report described how British politicians had welcomed Russia's oligarchs to London, allowing them to launder their illicit money through what it called the London “laundromat”
British prime minister Boris Johnson, fiancee Carrie Symonds announce birth of 'healthy baby boy' at London hospital
•The news comes days after Johnson, 55, returned to 10 Downing Street on Monday after his hospitalisation for complications from COVID-19.