Johnson was suspended from posting new content to his channel for one week, apparently because of a video in which he discussed alternative Covid-19 treatments. A YouTube spokesman told The Hill on Friday that the offending video, which was removed from the platform, violated its policy against speech encouraging people …
Read More »Joe Biden and Boris Johnson sign ‘New Atlantic Charter’, but the world may have moved on
Biden and Johnson met in St. Ives, Cornwall, on Thursday, in a bilateral sit-down before the G7 summit kicks off on Friday. Though the two had plenty to disagree on – the impact of Brexit on the fragile peace in Northern Ireland for example, they seemed to emerge from their …
Read More »‘Empire 2.0 fantasy’: Boris Johnson pens G7 article on post-Covid world, draws flak for ‘hypocrisy’ and ‘undermining democracy’
Among the priorities Johnson lists in the article, published on Thursday, is a pledge to “vaccinate the world” by the end of 2022, reduce carbon emissions, fight loss of biodiversity and fund the education of 40 million girls by 2025. In addition, Johnson and US President Joe Biden will draw …
Read More »Sasha Johnson’s shooting should spur BLM UK to focus on the internal, as well as the systemic, problems facing black Brits
As high-profile Black political activist Sasha Johnson fights for her life after being shot in the head at a birthday party in Peckham, south London, racist loons, right-wing grifters and left-wing shills are out to prove once again that anything America can do, Britain can do lamer. While the US …
Read More »Chaotic reign of Boris Johnson blamed for ‘tens of thousands’ of unnecessary Covid deaths by an all guns blazing Dominic Cummings
If Dominic Cummings has achieved anything in British politics, then it is using his appearance before a usually dull-as-ditchwater Parliamentary select committee to make it nearly eight hours of must-watch television as he lobbed grenade after grenade into the Downing Street bunker of his former boss, PM Boris Johnson. Admitting …
Read More »Scotland’s Sturgeon warns Boris Johnson not to block SECOND independence vote, says he’d be ‘picking a fight’ with Scottish people
With counting still underway in Scotland’s parliamentary election, Sturgeon’s is on track for a fourth term as first minister, winning 62 out of 86 seats declared thus far. However, 129 seats are up for grabs, and owing to Scotland’s convoluted voting system, Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party is likely to fall …
Read More »PM Johnson laments talk of ‘irresponsible’ second Scottish referendum as Scots prepare for election
Speaking to Sky News on Wednesday during a visit to the English midlands, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that most people around Scotland and Britain do not think the country should be holding a second referendum on Scottish independence. The Prime Minister’s comments come as Scotland takes to the …
Read More »Denmark to cancel Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine rollout, except on voluntary basis – reports
Multiple local media outlets reported the news on Monday, citing unnamed sources. Johnson & Johnson’s shot was temporarily suspended in the US and EU last month amid reports that a number of people developed rare blood clots after taking the jab. Deliveries on both sides of the Atlantic have since …
Read More »Who is John Lewis and why might he spell curtains for Boris Johnson’s leadership? An explainer for non-Brits
People not au fait with everyday British life might well have casually read headlines this week about John Lewis being a threat to Boris Johnson and wondered, “Who’s John Lewis and what in the name of tea and cricket is he going to do to Boris?” Americans might have thought …
Read More »Slide into the PM’s DMs: Boris Johnson’s mobile number being scrubbed from the internet after widespread exposure
Johnson, according to media reports this week, had a habit of handing out his mobile number to whoever he met, and has reportedly used the same number since at least 2006, two years before he became mayor of London and 13 before he became prime minister. The number itself is …
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