![]() ![]() While the to-and-fro has revolved around Sunak’s handling of Johnson’s list of nominees for honours, the former PM’s sulky defiance over the parliamentary investigation into the Partygate scandal has reignited public anger over his cavalier attitude to the rules while others either heeded them, despite the personal sacrifice this entailed, or were fined life-changing sums for breaches no worse than his.Īs for Truss, well, she will soon be jetting in from the political wilderness to Dublin, with the 44-day PM scheduled to be interviewed at the European Broadcasting Union’s News Xchange conference on Monday by RTÉ’s David McCullagh. This leaves Sunak facing an imminent hat-trick of tough-to-win by-elections (though Dorries, at the time of writing, had not yet made her resignation official). ![]() Eight months on from the classic Waterford Whispers headline “Ireland Completely Sells Out of Popcorn”, published by the satirical website in the wake of Liz Truss’s resignation as UK prime minister, popcorn remains the snack of the day in Westminster, with Private Eye opting for a string of “ha ha has” on the cover of its Boris Johnson resignation special.Ĭurrent prime minister Rishi Sunak continues to be haunted by the ghost of ex-ex prime minister Johnson, who last week quit as an MP in a preemptive huff, with allies Nadine Dorries and Nigel Adams also stepping down. ![]()
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