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UK denies it’s planning to rip up Brexit Withdrawal Agreement
The U.K. is “committed to implementing” the Northern Ireland protocol in the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, Environment Secretary George Eustice said Monday. Responding to a Financial Times report that...
View ArticleHave we reached peak patriotism?
If patriotism is, as Samuel Johnson put it, “the last refuge of the scoundrel,” then there are a lot of unsavory characters in politics these days. So, is it time to declare peak patriotism? Maybe not....
View ArticleLabour split after Jeremy Corbyn suspended
The left of British politics was left reeling Thursday after what was described by current party leader Keir Starmer as a “day of shame.” Jeremy Corbyn, who led Labour for five years until earlier...
View ArticleWhat a Joe Biden win would mean for the UK
LONDON — If Joe Biden wins on Tuesday, corks will pop in many European capitals. In London, it will be time to go to work. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has more ground to make up than most in the...
View ArticleUK government keeps poker face as British politics holds breath on unclear US...
LONDON — Boris Johnson refused to be drawn on Donald Trump’s allegation of “fraud” in the U.S. election, despite expressions of concern from senior Conservatives and a warning from the opposition of a...
View ArticleCapitol riot forces UK Tories to ditch Trump
LONDON — U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel’s condemnation of the U.S. president personally on Thursday morning marked a watershed moment for Boris Johnson’s government. “His comments directly led to the...
View ArticleUK firms face fines for Chinese trade linked to forced labor camps
LONDON — British companies who fail to report any forced labor in their supply chains will face stricter fines under plans aimed at sending “a clear message” to China over the treatment of Uighur...
View ArticleHolocaust survivors and Tory MPs press Boris Johnson over Uighur ‘genocide’
LONDON — Holocaust survivors and Conservative rebels want Boris Johnson to get tough with China over the Uighurs — and his government is spooked. The U.K. prime minister faces a tight vote in the...
View ArticleThe new transatlantic divide: Jobs
Lisa Nandy is shadow foreign secretary in the U.K.’s opposition Labour Party. When the leaders of the world’s largest developed economies meet via video tomorrow, a sharp contrast will be on display....
View ArticleAid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe freed by Iran, but faces new court date
British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was freed from house arrest in Iran Sunday at the end of a five-year prison sentence on spying charges, but her husband says she faces a new court...
View ArticleBoris Johnson: Global Britain blueprint not a ‘vainglorious gesture’
LONDON — Britain’s “Global Britain” blueprint is necessary for its “safety and prosperity” in the coming decades, Boris Johnson said Tuesday. Unveiling a 100-page report setting out the U.K.’s foreign...
View ArticleThe day Westminster forgot the pandemic
LONDON — Pandemic? What pandemic? After 18 months of empty seats and mute button fails, Wednesday’s recall of parliament was significant not only for the substance of the discussion, but for the...
View ArticleThe G7 met to debate Afghanistan. The decisions were already made.
LONDON — A call between the leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations was meant to buy more time for a coordinated response in Afghanistan. Instead, it was over before it began. All the G7 leaders...
View ArticleBoris Johnson faces old dilemma on new coronavirus variant
LONDON — Even the Omicron coronavirus variant isn’t persuading Boris Johnson to roll out his pandemic “Plan B.” The U.K. prime minister has made much of restoring England’s freedoms — and going back...
View ArticleUK’s Keir Starmer reshuffles Labour team to ‘make Brexit work’
LONDON — The U.K.’s opposition leader conducted a major reshuffle of his top team Monday, replacing key shadow ministers in the home, foreign and international trade briefs. Yvette Cooper, who was...
View ArticleBoris Johnson just got serious. It could be too late
LONDON — Boris Johnson just made his most serious set of promises yet — but he might not get the chance to make good on them. The U.K. prime minister is in fightback mode after being rocked, but not...
View ArticleUK unveils new visa scheme for Ukrainians fleeing war
LONDON — A new visa scheme will allow Ukrainians fleeing the war without relatives in Britain to work in the U.K. and have full access to state benefits for up to three years. Addressing the House of...
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Goodbye Boris Johnson … and farewell ‘leveling up’?
LONDON — It was a totemic pledge to a left-behind nation; a promise to invest in the most neglected parts of provincial England. But “leveling up,” the flagship regeneration policy that was meant to...
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‘No Drama Starmer’: Is the UK Labour Party quietly marching back to power?
LIVERPOOL, England — As delegates amassed in Liverpool this week for the U.K. Labour Party’s annual get-together, the real drama was unfolding elsewhere. Monday morning saw the markets react brutally...
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Keir Starmer wants to be UK prime minister. Now he needs ideas for government
LONDON — Keir Starmer has been attacked for a lack of ideology; for leading a Labour Party lacking solutions of its own. But with a U.K. general election looming on the horizon — and with Labour...
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