List of Britain articles
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson campaigns in England's northwest on Dec. 7. Boris Johnson Won’t Unite Britain—He’ll Keep Dividing It
The U.K.’s new prime minister is likely to double down on culture wars and nativist rhetoric to hold on to his new electorate.
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Supporters of Jeremy Corbyn rally outside Parliament on June 27, 2016 in London. Democrats: Don’t Screw Up Like Britain’s Labour Party Did
Radical leftism may provide a political high, but it won’t bring victory—and the withdrawal symptoms could last decades.
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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Triumphant Boris Johnson Bucks Pressure to Draw Out Brexit
But by rushing to meet his December 2020 deadline, the British prime minister makes it that much harder to get a good deal.
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Jeremy Corbyn, left, with Les Silverstone, holds a copy of the Labour Party's Programme 1973, a radical social and political work drawn up by left-wing members of the Labour Party, in September 1975. Jeremy Corbyn’s Followers Are Stuck in the 1970s
After a devastating election loss, the U.K. Labour Party has maintained the delusion that it won the argument, while dismissing those who voted against it as morally inferior.
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Muslims attend a vigil at the East London Mosque for the victims of the New Zealand mosque attacks on March 15 in London, England. Islamophobia Is Boris Johnson’s Problem Now
The U.K. Labour Party’s abject failure to address anti-Semitism has garnered headlines, but hatred of Muslims is even more rampant in Britain—and the prime minister and his party have contributed to making it socially acceptable.
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Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves the stage at Sobell leisure centre after retaining his parliamentary seat in London on Dec. 13. Corbynism’s Bad Hangover
In the light of day, utopian fantasies about a failed leader are dissolving.
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech outside 10 Downing Street in London, United Kingdom, on Dec. 13, 2019, following his Conservative Party's general election victory. Boris Johnson’s Victory Is Exactly What the EU Wants
The endless Brexit saga has brought uncertainty, instability, and confusion to Brussels. Now European leaders can get on with business.
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The annual Appleby Horse Fair Britain’s Conservatives Pledge to Target Roma
As Britain votes, traveling minorities fear a racist crackdown.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wears boxing gloves emblazoned with "Get Brexit Done" as he poses for a photograph at Jimmy Egan's Boxing Academy in Manchester, England on Nov. 19. Is Britain’s Election Really About Brexit?
Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are campaigning on the assumption that nothing else matters. The Labour Party is betting that voters care more about bread-and-butter issues.
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Alyn Smith, Scottish National Party candidate for Stirling, meets with voters on the streets of Stirling on Nov. 19 ahead of the general election. In Scotland’s Swing Seats, Nationalists Are Selling Voters on Independence
Mired in the unpopular Brexit process, the Tories will have to convince voters that the union is worth it to keep hotly contested seats.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson campaigns in England's northwest on Dec. 7. For Boris Johnson to Become Prime Minister Again, He (Probably) Has to Win His Seat First
The Conservative Party leader’s hold over his Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat represents the narrowest constituency majority for any prime minister in more than five decades.
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Ali Milani, the British Labour Party's parliamentary candidate in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, speaks to campaign volunteers before canvassing in the Eastcote area of London on Dec. 7. The Biggest Threat to Boris Johnson Isn’t Jeremy Corbyn
The British prime minister isn’t afraid of the Labour party’s leader. To retain his parliamentary seat in an increasingly diverse west London district, Johnson is facing a tight race to fend off Ali Milani, a 25-year-old immigrant from Iran.
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British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Corbyn Is Caught in Labour’s Immigration Wars
Voters want to close borders. Activists want to open them.
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Workers line up to sing communist "red" songs at an instant noodle factory run by Nanjie village in China's central Henan province. Chinese Firms Can’t Avoid Being Party Tools
The sale of British Steel is a dangerous foothold for Chinese Communist Party power in the U.K.
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Then-London Mayor Boris Johnson shoots a basketball The NBA’s Hong Kong Disaster Should Warn Britain Off Huawei
Boris Johnson is set to let the Chinese giant back into U.K. telecoms. That would be a mistake.
