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Johnson promised to give more powers to local communities, as well as boost broadband and transport infrastructure in a speech focused on domestic issues. (Toby Melville/Reuters)

Brexit is a ‘massive economic opportunity’: PM Johnson

In a speech in Manchester where he pledged new investment in Leave-voting areas, Johnson promised to step up negotiations on post-Brexit trade deals

United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (Simon Dawson/Bloomberg/Getty)

Betting on Boorish to bugger up

My mum Winnie, who lives in Belfast, worries that the evil fop will cut benefits, mess with the border and restart an Irish war. So do I

May became prime minister in the aftermath of the 2016 Brexit referendum which swept away her predecessor David Cameron. (Henry Nicholls/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Theresa May: A legacy sunk by Brexit

The Conservative premier’s turbulent time in office was swamped and ultimately sunk by her legacy-defining battle to secure a Brexit divorce deal

Britain’s new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. (Peter Summers/ Getty Images)

UK PM contender Johnson’s biggest controversies

Here are some of the most contentious episodes in the life of the 55-year-old former foreign secretary and London mayor

British Prime Minister Boris gave no exact figure and critics claim the scheme’s launch was rushed to divert attention from public outrage over his most senior aide’s breach of lockdown restrictions. (Yves Herman/Reuters)

Final hours of voting in race to become British PM

The result will be announced on Tuesday

(Reuters)

List of good leaders is receding

‘I think it’s safe to say the world is experiencing a leadership crisis’

(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Systemic prejudice in the UK, and visa refusals for African academics

Accusations of racism continue to be directed towards the UK following an inquiry concerning denials of visit visas for African applicants

People in South Africa do not need to travel to Europe to have a dignified death, but more needs to be done to make that possible in hospitals, in hospices and at home. (Getty Images)

Why I do not support active euthanasia

In a country where spirituality and faith play such an important role, the rational argument will not convince

US President Donald Trump (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Trump hits out at May after leak of damning cables

London has been scrambling to stem the damage caused by the weekend release of confidential telegrams

President Donald Trump. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Trump says Iran ‘playing with fire’ after nuclear deal limit breached

​US President Trump warned on Monday that Iran is "playing with fire" after Tehran said it exceeded a limit on enriched uranium reserves

“China hasn’t invaded Africa, doesn’t appear to be involved in political destabilisation, and is probably less economically manipulative than, say, the European Union or Brazil,” writes the author. (Reuters)

Don’t attack the Chinese — learn from their example

By labelling China as a colonial threat, Zambian historian Sishuwa Sishuwa is helping its enemies

Photo of fuel tanks at the edge of a Military airstrip on Diego Garcia, largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site of a major United States military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean

UN orders UK to end rule of Chagos Islands

The Indian Ocean archipelago has been at the center of a decades-long dispute over Britain’s decision to separate it from Mauritius in 1965

MPs have already rejected May’s Brexit deal three times. (Francois Lenoir/Reuters)

May’s final bid to salvage Brexit deal appears doomed

The embattled leader on Tuesday promised to give lawmakers a vote on holding a second Brexit referendum

The Chagossian people remain forcibly and criminally displaced from their homeland. Photo: Andrew Winning/Reuters

Britain faces UN defeat over Chagos islands

The Indian Ocean archipelago has been at the centre of a decades-long dispute over Britain’s decision to separate it from Mauritius in 1965

We will find out allies among the American people, not its government led by Donald Trump. Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Trump moves to strangle Iran economy as nuclear deal withers

​US President Donald Trump on Wednesday tightened the screws further on Iran with sanctions on its mining industry

May and the other 27 EU leaders approved a Brexit withdrawal agreement at a summit on November 25 last year. (Toby Melville/Reuters)

Brexit: May heads back to Brussels but EU not budging

With less than six weeks until Brexit day, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has agreed to meet May once again

British Prime Minister Theresa May. (Francois Lenoir/Reuters)

Britain’s May seeks more time from MPs for Brexit talks

Businesses and governments are on edge because Britain is just weeks away from its scheduled departure from the European project

Theresa May leaves after a news conference following a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium December 14 2018. (Eric Vidal/Reuters)

May back in Brussels for latest Brexit showdown

​Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May returned to Brussels on Thursday for a showdown with EU leaders

Most ominously for May, the Northern Irish party which props up her government threatened to break their alliance over reports of a special arrangement for the British province. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)

Brexit: May to meet EU leaders

Brussels is now waiting for May to formally request renewed talks

On Tuesday, MPs dealt the prime minister the heaviest drubbing in modern British political history by rejecting the divorce agreement by a stunning 432 votes to 202. (Toby Melville/Reuters)

UK PM May reaches out to rivals after winning confidence vote

Theresa May conceded the divorce terms she struck with the EU had been roundly rejected, but vowed to work to find an alternative