London, UK | Xinhua | United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned on Thursday after just a little over six weeks in office and thus became the shortest-serving prime minister in the country’s history. In a statement outside 10 Downing Street, she said that there will be a leadership election …
Read More »British gov’t wins confidence vote in parliament, dodges snap election
London, UK | Xinhua | Lawmakers in the House of Commons, the lower house of the British parliament, backed outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government in a confidence vote on Monday night. Johnson’s government called for the confidence vote itself to see off a rival move by the main opposition Labour …
Read More »8 contenders in race to succeed Johnson as UK PM
London, UK | Xinhua | Eight candidates have been nominated to enter the race to be the leader of the Conservative Party and replace outgoing Boris Johnson as prime minister of the United Kingdom (UK), the party’s backbench 1922 Committee said on Tuesday. The eight contenders who successfully enlisted the required …
Read More »UK PM wins no-confidence vote but “wounded” by revolt, say experts
London, UK | Xinhua | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson may have survived a grueling no-confidence vote but he has been “wounded” by the revolt in his own Conservative Party, casting doubt on his political future, experts told Xinhua. Johnson vowed to carry on at 10 Downing Street after elected Conservative …
Read More »UK’s Johnson wins no-confidence vote, saves premiership
London, UK | Xinhua | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday won a no-confidence vote among Conservative lawmakers, saving his precarious premiership. Johnson won the support of 211 out of 359 lawmakers, dozens more than the threshold of 180 votes, according to the result announced by Graham Brady, chairman of …
Read More »Uganda’s Conservative Party (CP) broke, closes offices
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Conservative Party (CP) has closed its headquarters on Kisozi Complex citing lack of money to run party activities and rent. Alfred Kasozi, the Deputy Secretary-General of CP told Uganda Radio Network –URN that they have been struggling for several months until they decided to …
Read More »Trump will ‘stay out’ of UK election during NATO visit
London, United Kingdom | AFP | US President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised Prime Minister Boris Johnson but promised to “stay out” of Britain’s election campaign during his two-day visit. Downing Street is braced for fireworks as Trump attends a meeting of the NATO military alliance in Britain just days before …
Read More »Johnson in election mode as he visits Scotland after Brexit setbacks
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Prime Minister Boris Johnson heads to Scotland on Friday in campaign mode despite failing to call an early election after MPs this week thwarted his hardline Brexit strategy. Johnson, who will make a fresh attempt next week to force the mid-October snap election, is set …
Read More »UK PM to call election if Brexit strategy defeated: top official
London, United Kingdom | AFP | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will call an election for October 14 if MPs vote against his Brexit strategy, a top official said Monday on the eve of a parliamentary showdown. MPs from Johnson’s own Conservative Party are preparing to join opposition lawmakers in a …
Read More »UK’s Johnson urged to embrace no-deal Brexit
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson Tuesday to lead Britain out of the EU without a divorce deal, and threatened otherwise to fight his Conservative party “in every seat”. “Given where we are, no deal is the best deal,” Farage told …
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