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A decade on from the referendum that led to Britain's exit from the European Union, the issue continues to divide and drive debate in Westminster.
The constituency is suddenly at the epicentre of British politics - and the by-election result could decide the next prime minister.
Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage claims Brexit was an “earthquake” in British politics, arguing that its “aftershocks” continue to rattle the major parties.
The counting has barely started, but the spinning is already in overdrive, with the political consequences already clear, writes Sean Whelan.
On dysfunctional governance in the United Kingdom. In July 2024, the Conservative Party was ejected from office with an ignominy that was towering and by a margin unprecedented in its long history. The Labour Party, thrashed at the previous election in ...
Rosa Prince is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering UK politics and policy. She was formerly an editor and writer at Politico and the Daily Telegraph, and is the author of "Comrade Corbyn" and "Theresa May: The Enigmatic Prime Minister." Kemi Badenoch ...
The British government cannot stop Donald Trump and JD Vance talking rubbish about the UK to Americans, but it can fight foreign interference in our own politics
Reform UK published "news-making, cor blimey, take-a-look-at-this photos" of a meeting this week between Elon Musk and Nigel Farage at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago mansion, said the BBC's political editor Chris Mason. But this is about more than just photos ...
Nigel Farage said he believes a "truly historic shift in British politics" has occurred after Reform UK won hundreds of seats and took control of more councils in England. The Reform leader said his party was showing it could win in Conservative and Labour heartlands,
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer appears more concerned by Elon Musk “interfering” in British politics than he is by the murder of a white boy. Starmer blamed Musk for instigating division in British politics Thursday during an interview in Yorkshire.
HOW do you solve a problem like Elon Musk? That’s what Nigel Farage was wondering a week or so ago when he picked up the phone to old chum Donald Trump. The US President has had his fair share of
