Back in June 2019 – when it became clear Boris was sailing to victory in the Tory leadership election, but there were serious divisions between his official campaign and allies of his partner Carrie Symonds – I wrote: ‘There cannot be two competing Boris campaigns. There cannot be two competing Boris Downing Streets.
And there cannot be two competing Boris administrations. At the moment there is Team Boris and there is Team Carrie. The next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is going to have to choose between them.’
Boris never chose. Which is why this morning his Government is eating itself alive.
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Former Prime Minister David Cameron’s lobbying for a finance firm has been defended by a Government minister and described as ‘acceptable’. Environment Secretary George Eustace says existing rules for lobbyists are ‘quite robust’ but that tweaks may be possible. This comes as further details have emerged of David Cameron’s efforts on behalf of Grensill.
Boris Suggests UK Might Not Return to Tiers After Lockdown
2 Feb 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suggested that England will not return to the tiers system at the end of its third lockdown because the infectious nature of the new coronavirus strain renders the system redundant, and over reported concerns of the economic recovery of some areas of the country.
“It may be that a national approach, going down the tiers in a national way, might be better this time round, given that the disease is behaving much more nationally,” said Prime Minister Johnson said during a visit of a vaccination centre in Batley, West Yorkshire, on Monday.