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 »Boris Johnson overtaken in major opinion poll for first time since moving into 10 Downing Street
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The leader of Britain’s main opposition party, Labour’s Keir Starmer, has for the first time moved ahead of Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a major opinion poll Sunday. The Opinium poll for the Observer newspaper has given Starmer a four-point lead over Johnson. In a …
Read More »UK govt urged to set out lockdown exit plan as toll climbs
London, United Kingdom | AFP | The British government was under pressure Wednesday to set out its plans to end the coronavirus lockdown, as the country’s death toll approached 13,000. Keir Starmer, the new leader of the opposition Labour Party, said it would support the government’s expected decision on Thursday to …
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