and his party chair, critics want him to change, but borisjohnson says he won t undergo a psychological transformation, claiming it s policy people care about. when things are tough, of course people are going to, rightly, going to direct their frustration, their irritation, at government, and at me. i m the leader of the government. i think, to be absolutely clear, in the last few months, people in tiverton, people in wakefield just heard far too much about stuff they didn t want to be hearing about. his cabinet have rallied round some more so than others. the foreign secretary, in kigali herself, was pretty clear where she stood. i have absolute confidence in the prime minister. he s doing a fantasticjob. he s led on. ..delivering on brexit, helping britain recover from covid. but those who have long called for him to go haven t given up.
suggests this could well happen again. tim allman, bbc news. borisjohnson has insisted that questions about his leadership have been settled and that he will lead the conservative party into the next general election. his comments follow his party s defeat in two by elections this week. speaking to the bbc from rwanda, where he d been attending a meeting of commonwealth leaders, he claimed that people were heartily sick of questions about his conduct, and that a psychological transformation of his character would not happen. from the rwandan capital kigali, our political correspondent alex forsyth sent this report. diplomacy has been at the forefront of this commonwealth summit, but for the prime minister this morning, issues closer to home were dominant. evening, sir. last night, he attended an official dinner with his wife, carriejohnson, mingling with government heads while his own leadership is under scrutiny. after losing two by elections
borisjohnson is actually galvanising an anti boris johnson vote. the leader of the party should normally be more popular than the party itself, and what we re seeing with borisjohnson is that he s a huge drag on the ticket. the summit in kigali was meant to be about boosting trade and co operation but, for the uk, it s been overshadowed first by plans to send asylum seekers here, then by politics miles away. this morning, the prime minister claimed that the question of his leadership was settled when he won a vote of confidence among his own mps. clearly, for some, that s not the case. after rwanda, he s not heading back to the uk, but on to europe for meetings of the g7 and nato but he knows his domestic problems will be waiting. here, the clean up begins as the commonwealth summit closes. borisjohnson wants to brush away these by election defeats, clear he s not going anywhere but there is no doubt they will leave a mark. alex forsyth, bbc news, kigali.
to rebuild it without help. yogita limaye, bbc news. that s it for now. the next news on bbc one is at 6:05pm. bye for now. hello. you re watching the bbc news channel with lukwesa burak. the foreign secretary liz truss has been defending borisjohnson after the tory by election losses in tiverton and honiton and wakefield, saying she has confidence in the prime minister. she s been speaking to out deputy africa editor anne soy at the commonwealth heads of government meeting in the rwandan capital kigali. heads of government from across the government have been meeting here and i am nowjoined by the foreign
all of the same republican ideas as all republicans. because republicans are varied, and same with the democratic party. so, think aboutjudges as specifically partisan from the perspective of only the party argues this is a bad way of thinking about their own political proclivities. borisjohnson has insisted that questions about his leadership have been settled and that he will lead the conservative party into the next general election. his comments follow the tories defeat in two by elections this week. speaking to the bbc from rwanda, where he s attending a commonwealth meeting, he claimed that people were heartily sick of questions about his conduct and that a psychological transformation of his character would not happen. from the rwandan capital kigali, alex forsyth has sent this report. diplomacy has been at the forefront of this commonwealth summit, but for the prime minister this morning, issues closer to home were dominant. evening, sir.