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...Tory MP Sir Bernard Jenkin attended a drinks event in parliament in December 2020 when London was in so-called Tier 2 restrictions and gatherings of more than six people were not allowed indoors, according...
...That party was contentious with Johnson’s supporters because of suggestions that Sir Bernard briefly attended....
...Bernard Aryeetey, international affairs director at WaterAid, a charity, said the government was creating a “death trap” for people in some of the most deprived parts of the world....
...Jenkin was a Brexiter long before Boris: this has not been a Remainer “witch-hunt”, but parliament standing firm against wrongdoing....
...The House of Commons privileges committee has delivered a blistering verdict on Boris Johnson’s conduct in the partygate scandal....
...Hail Sir Bernard Jenkin, for example, a pro-Brexit rightwinger and still a conscientious member of the committee that is holding Johnson to account....
...Bailey was given a peerage in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours....
...Boris Johnson on Wednesday argued that gatherings held in Whitehall during the Covid pandemic were “necessary” for work purposes, as he fought for his political survival in a three-hour grilling by MPs....
...BP chief quits | Bernard Looney has resigned as chief executive of BP after admitting he had failed to disclose the extent of past personal relationships with colleagues, the company has said....
...Trump and Johnson: The reactions of Boris Johnson and Donald Trump to their latest travails are strikingly similar, writes Gideon Rachman....
...Boris JohnsonI thought it was essential for work purposes or reason . . . at least reasonably necessary for work purposes because for the reason I’ve given, Sir Bernard....
...Boris Johnson, former prime minister, said: “Nigel Lawson was a fearless and original flame of free market Conservatism.”...
...The letter was signed by MPs including Charlotte Nichols, Labour MP for Warrington North; Mark Menzies, Conservative MP for Fylde; and Simon Fell, Conservative MP for Barrow and Furness....
...The tone was set by Boris Johnson’s refusal to dismiss Priti Patel from cabinet after his own ethics adviser found she had bullied her civil servants....
...Sir Bernard Jenkin, a senior Conservative, said: “He has to accept that he is in office not in power.”...
...Another high-profile vehicle backed by LVMH founder Bernard Arnault and former UniCredit chief Jean Pierre Mustier also recently fell on its sword....
...The area had been rather a low-profile residential pocket of London, until it was reported that former prime minister Boris Johnson was also making the short move to Herne Hill from Camberwell....
...Boris Johnson has been warned by Tory Eurosceptics that they will vote down his contentious bill to override the Northern Ireland protocol if it is watered down and does not fully “neutralise” the Brexit...
...The inquiry will be led by veteran Conservative MP Sir Bernard Jenkin, a senior member of the committee....
...Lord David Frost, former Brexit secretary, Martin Howe, a pro-Brexit lawyer, John Bew, an Ulsterman and adviser to Johnson, and Bernard Jenkin, a senior Tory MP, all played a key role in shaping the bill...
...Conservative party chair Oliver Dowden has insisted there is a “strong case” for Boris Johnson to remain as prime minister, despite growing backbench anger over the government’s handling of the partygate...
...Cartography by Steven Bernard This article has been amended since original publication to include a comment from Detective Chief Superintendent Andy Hill...
...UK prime minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday rejected the new calls for a windfall tax, even after chancellor Rishi Sunak said last week it remained an option....
...The chancellor was bruised by comments by BP chief executive Bernard Looney that a windfall tax would not affect his company’s investment plans....
...Data and graphics by Steve Bernard...
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