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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Britain’s New Prime Minister Remains a Mystery—Even to Himself
Boris Johnson will have to choose between Brexit revolutionary zeal and political expediency.
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What You Need to Know about Brexit
Can Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn find their way to a solution?
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‘The Brink’: Inside Steve Bannon’s Plan to Ruin the World
After Breitbart, Brexit, and Trump, next up: smashing the European Union.
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The Brexit Revolution Devours Its Children
Theresa May is only the latest career politician to be consumed by the Brexit disaster.