Boris Johnson

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Johnson cut a strained-looking figure at the speech this afternoon.

Johnson’s nightmare: This is not how it was supposed to go

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Tory Leninism: Any sense of conservation has been lost from the Conservative party.

Week in Review: The battle against Tory Leninism

*Comment & Analysis

Protests took place outside parliament yesterday as news of development emerged.

Fatal misjudgement: Johnson has united opponents of no-deal

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Proroguing parliament? Johnson plan only limits time MPs have to stop no-deal

Prorogue: The government takes its shot

*Comment & Analysis

No-deal double act: Simultaneously bad and not bad at all

Johnson’s doublethink no-deal: Simultaneously bad and not bad at all

*Comment & Analysis

Choosing alternatives: All the Brexit options ultimately involve the same 'obey with no say' compromise that the backstop does

Johnson’s alternative to the backstop would be just as ‘undemocratic’

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Boris Johnson's European trip: Fawlty Towers at the level of international diplomacy

Week in Review: The UK goes full Basil Fawlty

Boris Johnson’s trip to Europe to discuss the backstop part of the Brexit deal somehow managed to be both obsequious and uncivil.

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Growing marriage backlog points to need for humanist marriage recognition

More and more couples having humanist weddings in England and Wales are expressing their frustration at the growing waiting times before they can also have a civil marriage and so be married in the eyes of the law. The backlogs in many parts of the country are a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the… Read more »

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Government provides specifically for humanist weddings in latest coronavirus regulations

Non-religious in NI jump from to 27% in latest Life and Times Survey – up from 20% last year, 12% in 2009

The share of adults in Northern Ireland with no religion is surging, according to the latest data from the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey. The results of the 2020 survey have just been published. 27% of respondents said they had no religion – an increase of 7% on 2019. This latest surge means that the overall… Read more »