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A glum-looking Penny Mordaunt stormed out of Downing Street last night after failing to land a top job in Rishi Sunak's reshuffle despite speculation her recent rise to prominence would lead to a senior post. The Portsmouth North MP appears to pay the price for pushing the new PM to the wire in the race to take power as she …
After nearly three years as Britain's Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has resigned as the leader of the Conservative Party and will soon depart 10 Downing Street and the United Kingdom's top job. The 46-year-old spent the first two years of Johnson's prime ministership as international trade secretary, championing Brexit, and last year was appointed as Britain's lead negotiator with the …
Greta Thunberg tonight slammed COP26 as ‘shameful’ and added: ‘The world is literally burning.’ And she accused governments and leaders such as Boris Johnson and Joe Biden of being complicit in the world’s ecological problems. Demonstrators join the Fridays For Future march in Glasgow this afternoon as they walk throught the streets during COP26 She told the cheering crowds: 'COP …