European Union
U.K.: Anti-immigrant leader Nigel Farage offers pact with Conservatives to ‘destroy Labour’
September 9, 2019The Brexit Party promises a non-aggression pact to help Boris Johnson destroy Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party.
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Brexit: Johnson’s Conservatives splinter, but Labour’s path remains unclear
September 6, 2019If an election is fought only on the issue of Brexit and not any of the concerns that motivated many working people to vote for leaving the EU in the first place (like job loss), then...
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Democratic crisis: U.K. parliament forced to shut down
August 28, 2019British Prime Minister Boris Johnson schemed and outflanked anti-Brexit lawmakers and political opponents by proroguing parliament.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn pushes effort to topple Britain’s hard-right government
August 27, 2019Corbyn says British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "cozying up to Trump because a no-deal Brexit is really a ‘Trump-deal Brexit’."
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Trump’s clown? Britain’s likely next prime minister, Boris Johnson
July 9, 2019The slavish and uncritical support given by Britain to the foreign policy of what Boris Johnson calls “our number 1 ally, the USA,” should come as no surprise.
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