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Labour Won a U.K. Landslide. Why Doesn’t It Feel Like That?

Britain’s voters handed the Labour Party a landslide election victory this week, but one laden with asterisks.Prime Minister Keir Starmer took office on...

Count Binface and Elmo, both good losers, provided comic relief in Britain’s elections.

Count Binface, Elmo and a man wearing a balaclava with a baked-beans print have all had their extremely brief moments in the sun...

Reform U.K.’s Success Is Latest Sign of Strength for Europe’s Far Right

Keir Starmer and the Labour Party may have won Britain’s general election, but another politician was also looking happy on Friday.Nigel Farage, Britain’s...

Who Is Angela Rayner, Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister?

“I’ve never been called timid in my life,” Angela Rayner, a Labour lawmaker, told an audience of British voters during a televised debate...

Vatican Excommunicates Its Former Ambassador to the U.S.

The Vatican said on Friday that it had excommunicated Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the church’s former ambassador to the United States, after finding...

Divided and Undecided, 2024’s America Rhymes With 1924’s

Things should have been settled. The weary delegates should have already chosen a presidential nominee, packed up their Welcome to New York souvenirs...

Who Is David Lammy, Britain’s New Foreign Secretary?

David Lammy, the son of Guyanese immigrants who grew up poor in working-class London, on Friday became Britain’s chief diplomat, taking the lead...

Kazakh Journalist’s Killing Sends Chill Through Exiles in Ukraine

A small crowd of mourners gathered on Friday for the funeral of the Kazakh opposition activist and YouTuber Aidos Sadykov, who was assassinated...

Labour Wins Back Trust of British Jews Who Turned From the Party

From the day that Keir Starmer became the head of the Labour Party in 2020, he made repairing ties with British Jews a...

Who Is Rachel Reeves, the Woman Taking the Helm of Britain’s Economy?

Rachel Reeves became Britain’s first female chancellor of the Exchequer on Friday, taking on one of the country’s four great offices of state,...

Five Takeaways From the U.K. General Election

A landslide victory for Britain’s center-left Labour Party is a seismic moment in the country’s politics, returning to power a party that just...

Sometimes It Is the Coach’s Fault

The criteria were rigorous. The data analytics were advanced. The metrics were sophisticated, and the hiring methods cutting-edge. Most important, as U.S. Soccer...

The Greens Take a Bite Out of Labour’s Vote Share

It might look small compared with Britain’s dominant parties, but for the Green Party, the elections results were big: The small, left-wing party...

Keir Starmer Vows ‘National Renewal’ in First Speech as U.K. Prime Minister

In his first speech to the nation as prime minister, Keir Starmer said that Britain had “voted decisively for change, for national renewal,”...

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