Guess Who’s Back: A Trump Ally and Brexiteer Disrupts the U.K., Again
With his populist, anti-immigration campaign, Nigel Farage is once more shaking up Britain’s politics. Can he finally win a seat in the national Parliament?
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With his populist, anti-immigration campaign, Nigel Farage is once more shaking up Britain’s politics. Can he finally win a seat in the national Parliament?
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Many young people in the northern English cities of Liverpool and Manchester say they feel disillusioned by politics.
By Megan Specia
The announcement appeared to be the Russian leader’s latest attempt to raise the stakes in his conflict with the West, coming less than two weeks after his visit to North Korea.
By David E. Sanger and Anton Troianovski
The debates between contenders to be U.K. prime minister showed that Britain’s political culture, and the leaders who have emerged from it, are far removed from those across the ocean.
By Mark Landler
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak denounced a slur used against him by a man campaigning for Reform U.K., the anti-immigration party led by Nigel Farage.
By Stephen Castle
The Labour lawmaker Thangam Debbonaire has a plan to turn Britain’s ailing cultural sector around. Will she get to implement it?
By Alex Marshall
The embattled Conservative Party is embroiled in investigations over whether some of its own staff members used insider knowledge to bet on the timing of the general election.
By Rory Smith
The British monarch is constitutionally barred from any role in politics. But experts say that Charles and the leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer, have much in common.
By Mark Landler
The governing party’s director of campaigning has taken a leave of absence after reports his wife, a Conservative candidate, was being investigated by Britain’s gambling regulator.
By Stephen Castle
After more than a decade of deep budget cuts, slow growth and weak productivity, the country has struggled to overcome years of uncertainty and underinvestment.
By Eshe Nelson
The Group of 7 gathers major industrialized countries, but its leaders are politically weak and Ukraine and Gaza remain unsolved.
By Mark Landler and Steven Erlanger
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