In the U.K. election’s final days, the feeling on the ground is very different from the story told in the news.
Boris Johnson
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Labour Activists Canvass in the Cold in Britain
The December 12 parliamentary election has brought out Labour’s secret weapon: organizers who have been working for years to end austerity and bring a new politics to the U.K.
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Unlocking the Irish Puzzle
How did Boris Johnson almost solve Brexit? Irish Ambassador to the U.S. Daniel Mulhall says it was diplomacy.
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Five Scenarios for the UK Elections
Scoping out what the results would mean for Britain—and Brexit.
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Boris’s Blocked Britain
Many years of Brexit-induced uncertainty lie ahead.
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Labour Conference Endorses Radical Policies Ahead of U.K. Elections
Labour’s best hope for victory in a general election, just as it was in 2017, is to get people talking about something besides Brexit.
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Labour’s Secret Weapon
As Brexit looms, a surge of community organizing from within is bridging political divides and refocusing the British Labour Party.
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Can Brexit Topple the U.K.’s System of Government?
Which takes precedence: The 2016 referendum or the Parliament? (And what if the Parliament can’t take a position?)
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The Brexit Leninists Are Tearing Up Britain’s Political Rulebook
Boris Johnson is shredding Britain’s unwritten conventions of parliamentary democracy—and he faces no real challenge.
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Trump Can Only Envy Boris Johnson
The British prime minister has just pulled off a constitutional coup. He requested the queen to suspend Parliament for about six weeks ahead of the October 31 deadline for a Brexit deal or a no-deal exit from the EU; and since the queen’s consent is a mere formality, Her Majesty complied. This ploy will drastically […]
