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‘Legitimate’ owner? Boris Johnson says UK ‘legally’ obtained Elgin Marbles, will not return them to Greece

The ancient sculptures that once adorned the famed fifth century BC Parthenon temple in Athens were “legally acquired” by the…

3 years ago

US activists condemn Boris Johnson’s voter ID plan, accuse him of copying Trump

Johnson is expected to introduce a bill this spring mandating photo ID at polling stations across the UK – a…

3 years ago

Boris Johnson’s cautious Covid plan is not a roadmap to freedom, but a never-ending path to permanent restrictions on our liberty

A ‘one way road to freedom’. That is how Boris Johnson described his much-anticipated plan to lift lockdown. But yesterday’s…

3 years ago

There is ‘no credible route to a zero-Covid Britain,’ Boris Johnson says, as he unveils ‘irreversible’ lockdown-lifting plan

Noting that there will be more cases, hospitalizations, and deaths whenever the UK decides to lift its lockdown – whether…

3 years ago

BBC names as new chair ex-Goldman Sachs banker who advised Boris Johnson and gave £400k to UK’s ruling party

The BBC board chair is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the government and comes with a £160,000…

3 years ago

Boris Johnson can’t stop Scottish independence with a vaccine

By the time the clock strikes midnight in London on Wednesday, the United Kingdom will very likely have passed the…

3 years ago

London to ‘look at’ easing some Covid-19 restrictions in mid-February, Boris Johnson says

The prime minister spoke to reporters on Monday as he visited a coronavirus vaccination site in north London. Johnson signalled…

3 years ago

‘Some evidence’ new UK Covid-19 variant kills more people – PM Boris Johnson

“We've been informed today that in addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears that there is some evidence…

3 years ago

Former UK PM Theresa May accuses Boris Johnson of ‘abandoning Britain’s position in moral leadership,’ prompts backlash online

In an op-ed for the Daily Mail, May wrote that the incoming administration of Joe Biden, whose inauguration as president…

3 years ago

Lockdown without end in the UK? Boris Johnson has shown Brits the finger

In Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1935 film adaptation of ‘The 39 Steps’, Richard Hannay (played by Robert Donat) tells seemingly ‘respectable…

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