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July 5, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Is Cheering On One of the U.K.’s Most Radical Figures
The former president congratulated Nigel Farage on a marginal victory in Thursday’s British election.
June 25, 2024
James Robins
The British Election Is the Reckoning Brexit Postponed
But what does it mean for Labour?
August 9, 2022
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
The Tories’ Leadership Battle Would Be Silly—if the Stakes Weren’t So High
The protracted, nasty, vulgar fight might be ignorable. But Britain is headed toward 13 percent inflation, and the winner will be prime minister. We’re in trouble.
March 17, 2021
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
The Cousinhood That Still Rules Britain
Why do the Tories keep winning?
February 23, 2021
Samuel Earle
The Sordid Story of the Most Successful Political Party in the World
How the Tories became unbeatable
May 26, 2020
Libby Watson
Dominic Cummings’s Very Trumpian Response to His Very English Scandal
Britons are used to being able to humiliate their politicians, but the besieged Tory adviser is determined to survive his coronavirus bungle.
November 14, 2014
Richard J. Evans
Boris Johnson's Winston Churchill Looks an Awful Lot Like Boris Johnson
September 12, 2014
Elaine Teng
No, Scottish Independence Would Not Guarantee Permanent Tory Rule
It’s bad news for Labour and Conservative alike.
August 30, 2013
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
David Cameron is Useless
Why the Syria vote is an emblematic failure for Britain's prime minister

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