Author: David Pike

David Pike is an experienced news journalist with over 20 years experience as a UK News editor for WTX News and other news publications.

Senior Tories tell Boris Johnson and allies to ‘shut up and go away’ The Guardian says Boris Johnson and his allies have been told by senior Conservatives to “shut up and go away” as the privileges committee prepares to sign off what is expected to be a damning report into his conduct. MPs on the committee are understood to have received threats from members of the public over the weekend, following Johnson’s decision to stand…

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Rishi Sunak attempts to ignore Boris Johnson drama with focus on tech and tax The i says Rishi Sunak will today seek to move on from the latest Boris Johnson drama with a new push on technology and tax policy. The Prime Minister’s predecessor warned that the Conservative party “needs urgently to recapture its sense of momentum” as he resigned from his seat in Parliament. Allies of Mr Sunak insisted that his policy agenda was…

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MPs to conclude Partygate inquiry as former PM accused of leading ‘mutiny’ The Metro says MPs are today set to meet to conclude their inquiry into whether former Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled Parliament over No 10 lockdown parties. The Privileges Committee has pledged to continue the investigation process after Mr Johnson stepped down as an MP on Friday and launched a scathing attack on the probe, branding it a ‘witch hunt’. The panel is…

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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Most of Monday’s front pages report on Nicola Sturgeon’s arrest as part of a police probe into the SNP’s finances. The former Scottish first minister, who has denied wrongdoing, was held in custody and questioned for more than seven hours on Sunday before being released without charge pending further inquiries. Nicola Sturgeon arrested Nicola Sturgeon’s statement which expressed her “deep distress” and shock following her arrest, make the front…

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