Today on TAP: As the West’s only majority left-of-center government dithers, the far-right Reform party makes big gains.
Brexit
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A British Preview of Kamala’s Challenges
Britain’s new Labour prime minister Keir Starmer has a huge majority, but defeatist constraints of his own making.
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The British Election: Not Quite as Predicted
Today on TAP: Labour won, but now Keir Starmer needs to earn his mandate.
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The Return of Tony Blair
Today on TAP: The former prime minister has all but taken over the Labour Party and pushed it to the right. Didn’t Tony Blair, nicknamed Tory Blur, do enough damage last time?
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Can British Labour Return to Government?
Under leader Keir Starmer, Labour is favored to win the next British general election, unless the party again snatches defeat out of the jaws of victory.
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Britain’s Tragic Collapse
The problem is not failed leadership but a failed ideology.
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Liz Truss Gets Her History Wrong
Britain’s new prime minister is no Margaret Thatcher. But can Labour do better?
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The End of Boris Johnson
Unless the wily prime minister has one last trick up his sleeve
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No Christmas Turkeys for Britain
How Boris Johnson’s U.K. is crippled by aftereffects of Brexit
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The Agony of Social Democratic Europe
Why did social democracy collapse? Can Joe Biden point the way to a resurgent trans-Atlantic democratic left?