UK Conservatives

• Boris Johnson loses U.K. Parliament access as MPs back ‘partygate’ report

  Johnson stepped down as prime minister in September 2022, but remained a lawmaker until June 9, when he quit after receiving notice of the privileges committee’s findings.

  Politics

  Jun 19, 2023
  
• Boris Johnson agrees to resign, will remain PM for now

  Johnson said it is 'clearly the will' of his Conservative Party that there should be a new leader, but will remain as the prime minister while a successor is chosen.

  World

  Jul 7, 2022
  
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• Adviser to British PM quits after backlash over past comments on racial IQ differences

  Both the opposition Labour Party and at least two of Johnson's own Conservatives had called for him to be fired.

  Politics

  Feb 17, 2020
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• With a Tory majority expected in the U.K., Brexit may seem like a slam dunk — but it’s not

  Mel Cappe, a former Canadian high commissioner to the U.K., doesn’t have high hopes for Brexit, which he firmly says  “won't be done for a decade.”

  Politics

  Dec 12, 2019
• U.K. Conservatives suspend lawmaker over serious allegations, refer his case to police

  Theresa May's Conservative Party refused to give any detail about the nature of the allegations against Charlie Elphicke.

  Politics

  Nov 4, 2017
• Theresa May to form new government despite losing majority in U.K. election

  On the doorstep of her official Downing Street residence, May said she could rely in parliament on the support of her "friends" in Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party.

  Politics

  Jun 9, 2017
• U.K. election results in a hung parliament; no party wins enough seats for a majority

  Prime Minister Theresa May was fighting to hold on to her job on Friday.

  Politics

  Jun 8, 2017