Nicholas Westcott is a professor of Practice in Diplomacy at SOAS University of London. British foreign policy is in a sorry state. In effect, the country doesn’t have one, and a Labour government would need ...
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Keir Starmer dreams of being the next U.K. prime minister. Can rubbing shoulders with proven winners really help him pull it off? ...
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Jacob Rees-Mogg and a series of arch-Brexiteers are to be given knighthoods and damehoods as a part of Boris Johnson’s newly-released resignation honors ...
LONDON — Nigel Farage, one of the biggest advocates of Britain’s departure from the European Union, reckons Brexit has failed. Speaking on the BBC’s Newsnight program Monday night, the former Brexit Party leader — one ...
LONDON — There’s a new Brexit split in the U.K.’s Conservative Party. For years the governing Tories were bitterly divided between Brexiteers and Remainers. But a fresh row over a plan to repeal EU laws ...
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Sackings and dramatic resignations used to be relatively rare in British politics. Not any more. Dominic Raab’s resignation as deputy prime minister ...
Tanya Gold is a freelance journalist. Boris Johnson’s political career ended on Wednesday, with stuttering and fake politesse. Seated before a U.K. House of Commons committee poised to rule on whether he lied to parliament ...
LONDON — Former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss will vote against the U.K.-EU deal on post-Brexit trading rules in Northern Ireland — in a blow to Rishi Sunak’s efforts to unite his Conservative ...
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Shamik Das was the Labour Party communications and political officer in the European Parliament. He is also the former communications and public affairs manager for ...