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2022-10-21 18:44
Chaos in UK as PM Truss quits
TEHRAN- If the United Kingdom has not seen the worst economic crisis in several decades, it now has a political disaster after Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister just 45 days after taking over from Boris Johnson. It is astonishing the country will have a third PM in a matter of a few months.
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2022-09-07 21:57
A failed UK comeback
TEHRAN— Liz Truss, the UK's third female prime minister, made a key decision when she nominated James Cleverly as Foreign Secretary. Why is this decision significant to the West Asian region?
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2022-07-06 19:30
British government in crisis
The pledge of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to remain in power despite losing the public’s trust, his party’s trust, losing at least 15 government ministers in 24 hours, and losing his integrity following countless scandals and lies offers an insight into Western capitalism and what London labels as democracy.
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2022-06-15 18:33
Campaign for Scotland’s independence from UK launched
The Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has pledged to deliver on her party’s “electoral mandate” arguing she won last May's election with a "clear commitment to give the people of Scotland the choice of becoming an independent country"
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2022-06-08 11:37
Johnson narrowly wins confidence vote as rebellion emerges
The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has narrowly survived a vote of confidence by his own conservative party MPs, but the results show he has suffered a significant rebellion within the ruling party.
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2022-06-01 18:03
Johnson bracing for vote of no confidence
The flow of Conservative party MPs publicly calling for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign is gathering pace.
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2022-05-06 17:51
UK PM braces for bruising local elections
Vote counting is about to end in the United Kingdom’s local elections with early results shedding an interesting insight about the political future of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and how his closest opposition party leader Keir Starmer will fare in the upcoming race for Downing Street.
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2022-04-25 11:49
UK rationing cooking oil amid supply crisis
Supermarkets in the United Kingdom have started rationing how much cooking oil each customer is allowed to purchase amid shortages that have been made worse by the conflict in Ukraine.
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2022-02-05 17:46
Fresh wave of Tories tell UK Premier to leave
TEHRAN- More Tory rebel MPs angry with the scandal-hit British Prime Minister have publicly called on Boris Johnson to resign from his post.
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2022-02-02 09:41
Fury at UK PM as focus shifts to met police probe
TEHRAN- The former British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has led the chorus of outrage directed at her successor Boris Johnson.
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2022-01-14 00:37
British PM Johnson has become a threat
Calls are growing for the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to resign over his involvement in a Downing Street party that broke the government’s own lockdown rules.
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2022-01-12 10:00
Email puts ‘disgraceful’ UK PM under mounting pressure to resign
After the British Prime Minister denied breaking the government’s own lockdown rules on so many occasions, new evidence has emerged showing Boris Johnson was potentially lying to the public on multiple occasions.
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2021-12-19 21:16
Shock resignation heaps pressure on UK Premier
TEHRAN - In yet another major blow to Boris Johnson, his Brexit minister, David Frost, has stepped down from the cabinet with immediate effect.
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2021-12-17 17:35
Voters punish scandal-hit UK PM
TEHRAN - Some pundits said a by-election in a British constituency would be a test of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his ruling conservative party’s popularity across the country. Others said it can’t be the litmus test because the North Shropshire region was and always has been Tory territory for a remarkable 200 years. Before voters headed to the polls, one local headline read “North Shropshire by-election - This has been Tory for 200 years; it’s not going to change now”
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2021-12-15 11:08
Russia urges talks to avoid military escalation
TEHRAN - Russian President Vladimir Putin has told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson of an urgent need for talks to end NATO’s military eastward expansion.
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2021-12-13 18:12
Will Britain’s PM resign as scandals rise?
TEHRAN - It’s not going too well for the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. According to the latest opinion polls, his popularity has fallen to its lowest level since he took over as the country's leader. A YouGov suggests Johnson's net favorability level stands at -42, down 11 points since mid-November. And it follows a series of what appears like never-ending scandals.
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2021-11-28 19:11
Britain seeks 'urgent' talks with Europe to tackle Channel migrant crisis
Britain's government on Sunday announced plans for its own talks on the Channel migration crisis with European ministers this week as it was frozen out of a crisis meeting in France.
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2021-11-26 18:45
Blame game after asylum seekers perish at sea
TEHRAN - Soon after at least 27 people, including a number of pregnant women and three children drowned to death trying to cross the Channel in an inflatable dinghy; instead of focusing on the root cause of this problem, British and French leaders have traded accusations on who is to blame for what is the deadliest incident since the current migration crisis to Europe began.