Boris Johnson

Prof Philip Nolan: ‘I don’t see the value in an inquiry as a piece of political theatre. I do see value in a genuine lessons-learned review’

The Beaufort trench between Ireland and Scotland is one of the largest dumps worldwide for unexploded ordnance

Manchester Letter: Kemi Bandenoch has emerged as a front runner to replace Rishi Sunak should he step down if the party suffers defeat at the next election

Westminster ‘indecision’ during pandemic impacted Northern Ireland, barrister tells UK Covid-19 inquiry

British prime minister gives comedic address in Westminster but poll research suggest serious problems lie ahead for his government

‘Mr Brexit’ on Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Leo Varadkar, Mary Lou McDonald and Ireland’s future

British opposition leader says he would seek closer trading relationship with EU but rules out rejoining

Brexit has disrupted the careful equilibrium in Northern Ireland

Janan Ganesh: Britain has turned against radical politics faster than other rich nations because it has lost more from it

Brief reviews of The Lodgers by Eithne Shortall; The End of Nightwork by Aidan Cottrell-Boyce; and Trussed Up by Liz Gerard

Liberals fret too much about dictatorship and not enough about chaos

Supporters of Ulez say it will save lives but it was also blamed for a recent Labour byelection defeat

In a more productive country, citizens could enjoy longer retirements, more consumption and a better class of rollercoaster

Bobby McDonagh: NatWest and Coutts Bank were wrong to make judgments about Farage’s politics. But there was nothing wrong with the judgments they made

There’s a lot to be said for simplified names

Labour and the Liberal Democrats hope to overturn large Conservative majorities

Reversing decades of underinvestment in the west of Northern Ireland is a political imperative but there are smarter ways to do it than costly rail rebuilding projects

Labour leader’s Damascene conversion to the process he once fought tooth and nail against has him riding high in the polls

The poet’s latest collection features a sequence about his father’s death during Covid

Messages deemed irrelevant can be handed back without being disclosed to third parties, judges say

Cabinet office finds Labour’s recently appointed chief of staff should have declared her initial contact with the party

It is easy to assume the world is getting progressively worse. And then along comes a huge leap forward in science or medicine to challenge the misery

Just handful of Conservatives vote against the privileges committee’s findings

Two people appear to dance past sign saying ‘Please keep your distance’ during event at Tory HQ in 2020

Planet Business: Pyrex company bankruptcy, the swift ascent of Mistral AI and the world’s highest-paid golfers

Hugh Linehan: The potent blend of machismo, shamelessness and corruption set the mould for Trump and Johnson

Committee finds former prime minister lied over whether Covid lockdown rules were broken in Downing Street

Monday’s vote on Committee of Privileges report, which found former PM misled parliament over Partygate, will quantify scale of the Boris problem for prime minister Rishi Sunak

House of Commons privileges committee heavily critical of former prime minister’s behaviour during lockdown

London Letter: Boris Johnson tried to arrange a knighthood for his father while some of his closest political allies were rejected for membership of the House of Lords

Attention was diverted from response to virus by the time it started to spread, says chief counsel

The masters of political bombast, who mass-mobilised self-pity, are now eerily in synch

Spotify has announced 200 job losses in its global podcast business. Has the audio bubble burst?

Is there a suitable vacancy for the former British prime minister?

Johnson dismisses successor’s claims of lobbying as ‘rubbish’

Fallout over former prime minister’s resignation as an MP leaves Tory government facing three byelections

Former PM’s political career in ruins after he quit as an MP and criticised leader Rishi Sunak

Labour: Johnson acting like ‘baby-man’ in reaction to partygate investigation

Former prime minister stood down from parliament citing ‘kangaroo court’ investigation

While some of the papers bemoan the former prime minister’s resignation, others welcome his departure. Most agree he will continue to shape British politics for a long time yet