The PM insisted it would put jobs at risk and hurt investment at the oil and gas giant…The comments put the PM at odds with Rishi Sunak, who last week suggested he could back the idea of a windfall charge if firms did not plough more cash into Britain. “Boris Johnson last night ruled out a windfall tax again – despite BP reporting vast pre-tax profits of £5billion yesterday. Johnson 3) …rules out a windfall tax on energy firms… Ben Everitt in Comment: How the United Kingdom is leading the international struggle for freedom.
Johnson has not spoken to Macron since his re-election – The Times.MPs push back on Moran’s suggestion the announcement was held back due to the local elections – The Daily Mail.The Prime Minister pledged £300 million more in military support in speech to Ukraine’s parliament – The Daily Mail.So far, 86,000 visas have been issued and 27,000 are already here and I want to say, thank you - 27,000 is a lot and it’s growing fast and I want to pay tribute to all those who are helping to look after Ukrainians.”” – The Times He told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: “We have done a huge amount to help Ukrainian women and children in the area but we’re now seeing large numbers come to the UK. Johnson defended his response to the crisis. The prime minister insisted that visas were required to stop people “pretending” to be refugees but acknowledged that the government had been slow, with only 27,000 Ukrainians arriving, despite 117,000 applications. “Boris Johnson has admitted that the UK could have acted faster to help Ukrainian refugees amid criticism that they are being put at risk by delays in processing visas. Johnson 2) …as he admits Ukrainian visas could have been issued faster… Robert Halfon’s column: Before polling day, a reminder of the good this Government has done.The Prime Minister can survive a local elections disaster – but perhaps not for long – Philip Johnston, The Daily Telegraph.Vote Conservative for a “better Britain” on Thursday – Boris Johnson, Daily Express.Red Wall voters says Partygate was a disgrace, but the cost-of-living crisis will decide the Prime Minister’s fate – The Sun.Johnson seeks to play down Conservative prospects – The Financial Times.Tories under siege in Taunton – The Times.Elections are taking place on Thursday for local councils in England, Wales and Scotland, as well as London boroughs and the Northern Ireland Assembly.” – The Daily Mail It has been suggested that particularly dire results for the Conservatives could bring fresh efforts among Tories to trigger a confidence vote in Mr Johnson and force a leadership challenge. A number of Tory MPs have warned they are waiting on Thursday’s poll results before delivering their verdict on the Prime Minister’s future following the Covid rule-breaking in Number 10. “Boris Johnson tonight pledged to take ‘full responsibility’ if the Conservatives suffer a hammering in this week’s local elections following the Partygate scandal. When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.Newslinks for Wednesday 4th May 2022 Johnson 1) The Prime Minister vows to take ‘full responsibility’ for a potential local elections ‘hammering’… Use family filters of your operating systems and/or browsers Other steps you can take to protect your children are: More information about the RTA Label and compatible services can be found here. Parental tools that are compatible with the RTA label will block access to this site. We use the "Restricted To Adults" (RTA) website label to better enable parental filtering. Protect your children from adult content and block access to this site by using parental controls. PARENTS, PLEASE BE ADVISED: If you are a parent, it is your responsibility to keep any age-restricted content from being displayed to your children or wards. Furthermore, you represent and warrant that you will not allow any minor access to this site or services. This website should only be accessed if you are at least 18 years old or of legal age to view such material in your local jurisdiction, whichever is greater. You are about to enter a website that contains explicit material (pornography).