Rowan Atkinson's defiant defence of Boris Johnson amid cancel culture row

The SNP has challenged the Tory government in Westminster to “make the case for the Union” as it embarks on a second independence referendum campaign.

Rebel Tory MPs have made clear their intention to launch another attempt to get rid of Boris Johnson as party leader and Prime Minister.

Sharon Stone was left just as upset as millions of other women around the country after Roe v Wade was overturned, stripping women of the constitutional right to an abortion.MORE: Sharon Stone dons sheer nightgown in stunning throwback photoThe actress remained relatively silent on the issue beyond sharing posts and videos of others, allowing herself time to process it, but decided to speak out in a different way.VIDEO: Sharon Stone speaks about recapturing her radiance after her strokeShe revealed that she expressed her emotion with the help of art, sharing the painting that she had made to vent her feelings.The abstract work featured an explosion of color on canvas, featuring shades of teal, hot pink, and yellow, with a black X and some words to pepper in the sentiment.MORE: Sharon Stone looked better than ever at Cannes: Here's how she stays in incredible shape at 64"I am beyond words now. So I made this.

Boris Johnson has insisted questions over his leadership have been “settled” as one of his biggest critics said he should not be challenged within the net year.

Nicola Sturgeon has accused Boris Johnson of “taking a wrecking ball to the idea of the United Kingdom” as she prepares to announce her new plans for a Scottish independence referendum.

A senior Labour MP has insisted that Keir Starmer will not strike an election deal with SNP to defeat Boris Johnson.

Boris Johnson has been branded delusional after saying he was already planning for his third term as prime minister, just two days after the Tories suffered a catastrophic double by-election defeat.

Boris Johnson is facing allegations that he planned to build a £150,000 bulletproof tree house in the grounds of his Chequers country residence. The Prime Minister, who is facing fresh calls to step down after two crushing by-election defeats following the fall-out over 'Partygate', declined to deny a report in The Times on Saturday that he was forced to abandon the idea after police raised security concerns.

Location, Location, Location presenter Kirstie Allsopp, 50, took to Twitter today to hit back at the men celebrating the overturning of Roe vs Wade.The overturned law significantly sets back women’s abortion rights in the US.  Kirstie, who is pro-choice, called out the men who were cheering online in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s decision.In view of her 428,000 Twitter followers, Kirstie wrote: “The number of men dancing around on Twitter thrilled by the reversal of Roe versus Wade makes me want to vomit. “Please pipe down, you are NEVER going to have to make this choice.”Kirstie was not the only high-profile person to speak out on the issue, with plenty of famous faces from both sides of the pond weighing in.   Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 58, slammed the US Supreme Court’s decision, saying: “I think it is a big step backwards.”US President Joe Biden, 79, did not have the power to prevent the decision, but branded it “a sad day for America”.Kirstie’s fellow celebrities also expressed their outrage as the news broke yesterday that US lawmakers had decided to make abortion illegal in parts of the USA.The landmark 1973 Roe v Wade case made abortion legal across America and now, nearly 50 years later, that progress has been reversed.  Women in some states could now face prosecution if they get an abortion, which has sparked a massive debate about what this will mean for women’s freedoms.Billie Eilish even took time out of her Glastonbury headlining set yesterday to address the shocking news.The singer said: “The song we’re about to do is I think one of the favourites that we’ve written and it’s about the concept of power and how we need to always remember how not to abuse it.“And today is a really, really dark day for

Selome Hailu At the 49th annual Daytime Emmy awards ceremony on Friday in Pasadena, Calif., several people used the platform to speak up about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and end federal protection of abortion rights earlier the same day.National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) CEO Adam Sharp took the stage at the start of the night to joke about how he would normally open the show by reminding everyone about logistics, including that speeches have a 30-second limit.

Boris Johnson should resign as Prime Minister as he has lost the ability to win votes, a former leader of the Conservative Party has said.

K.J. Yossman SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you haven’t yet watched the final episode of “Man vs Bee.”It was three years ago that director David Kerr unexpectedly got a call from an old producer colleague, Chris Clark, with whom he’d worked on 2018’s “Johnny English” sequel “Johnny English Strikes Again.” Clark had been developing an idea with “Johnny English” and “Mr Bean” star Rowan Atkinson and wondered if Kerr would be interested in helming the project.“It was a really simple premise,” Kerr tells Variety. “You’ve got this man in a fancy house full of priceless artwork, with a tiny antagonist.

The Tory party has been warned it is “sleepwalking to a defeat at the next election” unless it dumps Boris Johnson after two disastrous by-election defeats.

The Prince of Wales is expected to tell Commonwealth leaders decisions about whether they keep the Queen as head of state or become a republic are “a matter for each member country to decide”. Charles’ comments are due to be delivered during the opening ceremony of a summit of Commonwealth prime ministers and presidents in Rwanda, when he will say a long life has taught him these fundamental changes can be made “calmly and without rancour”.

The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has said he will 'listen' to voters but 'keep going' after the Conservatives suffered two heavy by-election losses. The defeats in Wakefield and in Tiverton and Honiton led to Oliver Dowden resigning as the Tory party co-chairman.

Paul McCartney – headlining Glastonbury. In London’s Hyde Park, a 78-year-old man – Mick Jagger – will be leading out the last surviving Rolling Stones to sing songs about street fighting and sex.

touched down in Kigali, Rwanda, where they will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.There are many unspoken messages in this: Carrie usually wears dresses but, in choosing a suit, she may be using this moment to assert herself. The ensemble projects a confident image at a time when she is at the centre of rumours that she was considered for senior roles in the Foreign Office and Royal household at a time during which she and her now-husband Boris Johnson were having an affair (a spokesman for Mrs Johnson has described the claims as “totally untrue”).That it’s an affordable Zara number is also tactful given that the country is on the brink of a recession. The colour is important too though.

BBC The One Show viewers were not happy after Rowan Atkinson's appearance last night.

Good Morning Britain's Laura Tobin was left joking about handing her notice in live on the show after she suffered a double name blunder. She was back on the ITV news programme to bring the latest weather updates via video link while host Adil Ray and Charlotte Hawkins were in the studio.

Viewers excitedly tuned into the latest episode of The One Show as comedy legend Rowan Atkinson was appearing on the programme. The Mr Bean actor was live in the studio alongside Top Gear host Chris Harris.

BBC programme on Wednesday night (June 22). The Blackadder and Mr Bean star was on the magazine-style show to discuss his new Netflix show Man vs Bee. But fans of the show were less than impressed as they branded the interview 'awkward'.