UK PM Boris Johnson announced his resignation and thanked people for the 2019 mandate. Johnson also mentioned getting the country through the Covid pandemic and delivering the fastest vaccine rollout in Europe. “I am immensely proud of my achievements, I will continue till a new leader is in place,” said UK PM Boris Johnson. UK will continue to back Ukrainians’ fight for freedom “for as long as it takes”,PM Boris Johnson said, as he announces his resignation. UK PM Boris Johnson further said, “so hard” in recent days because “I felt it was my job, my duty, my obligation to…
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Newly-appointed UK Education Minister Michelle Donelan resigns two days into the job, heaping further pressure on PM Boris Johnson. London: UK education minister Michelle Donelan , only promoted to the role two days ago amid a government exodus, quit on Thursday saying prime minister Boris Johnson had put her in “an impossible situation”. “I am deeply saddened that it has come to this, but as someone who values integrity above all else, I have no choice,” she wrote in a statement posted on Twitter. https://twitter.com/michelledonelan/status/1544952139549708288?s=21&t=slgNqCMbPXQsA2KuqXCteA While New Education Secretary Michelle Donelan and Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis resigned from cabinet.…
At least 32 British lawmakers including finance minister Rishi Sunak have left Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government in less than 24 hours, saying the British leader no longer has their confidence and plunging his government into crisis. The departures started on Tuesday with Health Secretary Sajid Javid quitting just after Sunak’s resignation letter followed just nine minutes later. Those who have stepped down so far: Wednesday: – John Glen, financial services minister and a Member of Parliament (MP) since May 2010. – Rachel Maclean, minister for safeguarding and an MP since June 2017. – Mike Freer, minister for exports and…
Two-time champion defeats American Fritz in five set thriller3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(4) after more than four hours of play.It keeps Nadal’s bid for a calendar Grand Slam on track. https://twitter.com/wimbledon/status/1544752212832055296?s=21&t=W44mF1FdPi0IW0QRAle8sQ Rafael Nadal simply refuses to let anything stop him at Wimbledon this year: not his chronic foot injury, not the abdominal injury that needed treatment in Wednesday’s quarter-final and not Taylor Fritz, the No.11 seed. Rafael Nadal won in a match that the packed Centre Court crowd could barely believe he could finish, much less win. Calling for treatment in the second set, the Spaniard was clearly in pain…
Romanian Simona Halep advanced to her third Wimbledon semi-final with a comfortable 6-2, 6-4 victory over American No.20 seed Amanda Anisimova. https://twitter.com/wimbledon/status/1544681153466175490?s=21&t=W44mF1FdPi0IW0QRAle8sQ Simona Halep is feeling great about her game again. The Romanian star reached her first Grand Slam semi-final since the Australian Open in 2022 after overcoming a stern test from Amanda Anisimova in the women’s singles quarter-final on Wednesday. https://twitter.com/wimbledon/status/1544678861409079300?s=21&t=W44mF1FdPi0IW0QRAle8sQ Simona Halep, who won the Wimbledon title in 2019, was not able to defend her title in 2020, and pulled out of the grass-court Grand Slam in 2021 as a calf injury hampered her season. Halep did not…
Ok at Wimbledon. Nick Kyrgios become the first Australian man since 2005 to reach the last four at Wimbledon. https://twitter.com/wimbledon/status/1544724013406208000?s=21&t=W44mF1FdPi0IW0QRAle8sQ There are highly unstable radioactive isotopes which have had a steadier time of it than Nick Kyrgios since Wimbledon 2022 got underway. Yet at these Championships the world No.40 may at last be nearing the fulfilment of his lavish talent. Eight years after he last appeared in the quarter-finals here, Kyrgios has won through to the last four of a Grand Slam for the first time. The man for whom the word “mercurial” was invented ousted Cristian Garin exerting the…
Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina reaches the semifinals in just her second-ever Wimbledon appearance, defeating Tomljanovic 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. https://twitter.com/wimbledon/status/1544684505906159620?s=21&t=W44mF1FdPi0IW0QRAle8sQ A hot streak of seven games in a row – which is about as fiery as you’re going to see in a Wimbledon quarter-final – propelled Elena Rybakina into the last four for the first time. https://twitter.com/wimbledon/status/1544683564415033346?s=21&t=W44mF1FdPi0IW0QRAle8sQ In coming from a set down to beat Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic, Rybakina became the first player from Kazakhstan – man or woman – to reach a semi-final at the Wimbledon or at any of the four Grand Slams. From 2-2 in the second set, Rybakina…
2019 champion resists late fightback from big-hitting American to move into semi-finals. https://twitter.com/wimbledon/status/1544681153466175490?s=21&t=W44mF1FdPi0IW0QRAle8sQ Romanian Simona Halep advanced to her third Wimbledon semi-final with a comfortable 6-2, 6-4 victory over American No.20 seed Amanda Anisimova. https://twitter.com/wimbledon/status/1544678861409079300?s=21&t=W44mF1FdPi0IW0QRAle8sQ The Romanian former world No.1 extended her winning streak at Wimbledon to 12 matches, having lifted the Venus Rosewater Dish on her most recent previous appearance in 2019.The Romanian is yet to drop a set at this year’s Championships. The win over Anisimova – her second in two weeks – improves the No.16 seed’s win/loss record in Grand Slam quarter-finals to 9-7. It’s great to…
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Steve Barclay as Health Minister on Tuesday, replacing Sajid Javid who earlier quit in protest at Johnson’s leadership. The newly appointed Steve Barclay has said it was “an honour” to take up the role of Health Minister. “Our NHS and social care staff have showed us time and again – throughout the pandemic and beyond – what it means to work with compassion and dedication to transform lives,” he said. “This Government is investing more than ever before in our NHS and care services to beat the Covid backlogs, recruit 50,000 more nurses, reform…
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Nadhim Zahawi as Finance Minister on Tuesday, replacing Rishi Sunak who earlier quit in protest at Johnson’s leadership. It is the second most important position in cabinet, after the Prime Minister – and means Zahawi will be responsible for the UK’s finances. Nadhim Zahawi, 55, inherits an economy that is likely heading for a sharp slowdown or even a recession, and will face immediate pressure to do more to help struggling households and to lower taxes which are on course to hit their highest level in decades. After working in Junior Ministerial roles in…