Conservative Party

Truss To Assume Office Today As 3rd Female UK Prime Minister

September 6, 2022 6:41 am

Former Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss will today take over power as Britain’s next Prime Minister (PM) after she was named leader of the governing Conservative Party to replace Boris Johnson.

Truss, the third female to serve in this capacity, will become PM today after travelling to meet the Queen at Balmoral in Scotland. Yesterday’s announcement triggered the beginning of a handover from Boris Johnson and his departure from No. 10 Dowing Street.

Johnson was forced to announce his resignation in July after months of scandal and he will travel to Scotland to meet Queen Elizabeth today to officially tender his …

“An Insult”: Johnson Risks Party Wrath For Backing Aide Cummings

May 25, 2020 10:28 am

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson backed his senior adviser Dominic Cummings on Sunday, despite calls from within his own Conservative Party for the aide to resign for driving 250 miles during the coronavirus lockdown.

Cummings, an architect of the 2016 campaign to leave the EU, came under pressure when newspapers reported he had traveled from London to northern England in March when his wife was ill with COVID-19 symptoms during a nationwide lockdown.

With Johnson’s words that he had acted with integrity, Cummings was safe, at least for now. But the row in the governing Conservatives looks set to rumble …