{"id":69257,"date":"2020-07-27T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2020\/07\/27\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\/"},"modified":"2020-07-27T09:00:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T09:00:12","slug":"boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson set to overhaul Britain&#8217;s treason laws: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-responsive-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k5ayFMYrrUtYMIwc2oT\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seeking to change the country&#8217;s treason laws, reported the Mail on Sunday newspaper. Rising tensions with Moscow are thought to be behind the biggest shakeup since 1695.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_gam_disable_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1076,1539],"tags":[11566,3941,982],"class_list":["post-69257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","tag-boris-johnson","tag-prime-minister","tag-uk","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Boris Johnson set to overhaul Britain&#039;s treason laws: report - GuardianTV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boris Johnson set to overhaul Britain&#039;s treason laws: report - GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seeking to change the country&#039;s treason laws, reported the Mail on Sunday newspaper. Rising tensions with Moscow are thought to be behind the biggest shakeup since 1695.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-27T09:00:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Boris-Johnson-set-to-overhaul-Britains-treason-laws.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"299\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"168\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\"},\"headline\":\"Boris Johnson set to overhaul Britain&#8217;s treason laws: report\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-27T09:00:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":17,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Boris-Johnson-set-to-overhaul-Britains-treason-laws.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Boris Johnson\",\"Prime Minister\",\"UK\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\\\/\",\"name\":\"Boris Johnson set to overhaul Britain's treason laws: report - GuardianTV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Boris-Johnson-set-to-overhaul-Britains-treason-laws.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-27T09:00:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Boris-Johnson-set-to-overhaul-Britains-treason-laws.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Boris-Johnson-set-to-overhaul-Britains-treason-laws.jpg\",\"width\":299,\"height\":168},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Boris Johnson set to overhaul Britain&#8217;s treason laws: report\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"GuardianTV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\",\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/author\\\/abiodun\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Boris Johnson set to overhaul Britain's treason laws: report - GuardianTV","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Boris Johnson set to overhaul Britain's treason laws: report - GuardianTV","og_description":"UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seeking to change the country's treason laws, reported the Mail on Sunday newspaper. Rising tensions with Moscow are thought to be behind the biggest shakeup since 1695.","og_url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\/","og_site_name":"GuardianTV","article_published_time":"2020-07-27T09:00:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":299,"height":168,"url":"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Boris-Johnson-set-to-overhaul-Britains-treason-laws.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Abiodun Ogundairo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Abiodun Ogundairo"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\/"},"author":{"name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1"},"headline":"Boris Johnson set to overhaul Britain&#8217;s treason laws: report","datePublished":"2020-07-27T09:00:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\/"},"wordCount":17,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Boris-Johnson-set-to-overhaul-Britains-treason-laws.jpg","keywords":["Boris Johnson","Prime Minister","UK"],"articleSection":["News","World"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\/","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\/","name":"Boris Johnson set to overhaul Britain's treason laws: report - GuardianTV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Boris-Johnson-set-to-overhaul-Britains-treason-laws.jpg","datePublished":"2020-07-27T09:00:12+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Boris-Johnson-set-to-overhaul-Britains-treason-laws.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Boris-Johnson-set-to-overhaul-Britains-treason-laws.jpg","width":299,"height":168},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/boris-johnson-set-to-overhaul-britains-treason-laws-report\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Boris Johnson set to overhaul Britain&#8217;s treason laws: report"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","name":"GuardianTV","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization","name":"GuardianTV","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","width":600,"height":96,"caption":"GuardianTV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1","name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/author\/abiodun\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}