Candidates seeking to beat Boris Johnson and become Britain’s next prime minister accused the Brexit-backing frontrunner of trying to avoid scrutiny by refusing to take part in a televised debate with his five rivals Sunday.
Read moreBritain’s High Court has quashed a bid to prosecute Conservative lawmaker Boris Johnson for allegedly lying during the country’s 2016 European Union membership referendum.
Read moreBritish Prime Minister Theresa May formally stepped down as Conservative Party leader on Friday, defeated by the Brexit conundrum.
Read moreIn Trafalgar Square, a 16-foot-tall robot of Donald Trump sits on a golden toilet, pants down, and tweets. A blimp of a baby Trump wearing diapers floats over protesters’ heads. Thousands of people crowded into central London on Tuesday to express their dislike of the American president.
Read moreAmid protests, pageantry and political spats, President Donald Trump arrived in London on Monday for a three-day state visit, only the fourth by an American leader.
Read moreA British judge ruled Wednesday that former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will be summoned to court over allegations that he lied and misled the public during the Brexit referendum campaign in 2016.
Read morePrime Minister Theresa May’s announcement that she will leave 10 Downing Street has set off a fierce competition to succeed her as Conservative Party leader — and as the next prime minister.
Read moreUnder strain and choking back tears, British Prime Minister Theresa May stood in front of No. 10 Downing Street on Friday morning and announced her resignation after failing to deliver Brexit.
Read moreNigel Farage, the controversial far-right politician known as Mr. Brexit for having led the campaign to leave the European Union, is on track for another stunning election victory as his newly formed Brexit Party appears set to win European elections that the United Kingdom was not supposed to participate in.
Read moreEmbattled British Prime Minister Theresa May’s fate appeared sealed late Wednesday with the resignation of House of Commons leader Andrea Leadsom, a Cabinet member, who said she could not support the European Union withdrawal bill that May plans to introduce to Parliament.
Read more“Desperate, deluded, doomed.” In three words spread across its front page, a conservative British newspaper on Wednesday morning summed up the state of play for embattled Prime Minister Theresa May after she presented a new Brexit deal with compromises she hopes will win, at last, the support of the House of Commons.
Read moreThe elections to the European Parliament have never been so hotly anticipated, with many predicting that this year’s ballot which starts Thursday will mark a coming-of-age moment for the euroskeptic far-right movement.
Read moreA man leans out of a window high up on the hulking parliament building of Northern Ireland and shouts to a gaggle of journalists down below. “Get me a united Ireland or I jump!” It was a joke, but one full of meaning.
Read moreThe United Kingdom’s great debate over Brexit is headed toward a dramatic new phase in the coming weeks after British Prime Minister Theresa May said she will step down if the House of Commons shoots down her divorce deal with the European Union one more time.
Read moreWith British politicians deadlocked over Brexit, voters in the United Kingdom will cast ballots in elections for the European Parliament at the end of May.
Read moreThe Parliament Buildings, Northern Ireland’s seat of government commonly known as Stormont, sits on a hill and looks grand and formidable, exuding an air of British imperial rule and authority. But these days it’s largely empty of politicians, at all times of the year.
Read moreBritain’s dominant political parties took a hammering in local elections as Brexit-weary voters expressed frustration over the country’s stalled departure from the European Union, according to updated results Friday.
Read moreBritain and Ireland are making a new push to restore Northern Ireland’s collapsed government, as politicians face mounting criticism after the killing of a journalist by a banned militant group.
Read moreOn Shankill Road in Belfast, the Union Jack flies from flagpoles, Queen Elizabeth II is revered and murals on buildings celebrate rifle-wielding pro-British paramilitary fighters. On this Protestant street, most people want Brexit to happen — the sooner the better.
Read moreA riot against police broke out Thursday night in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry, long a center of sectarian conflict, and a 29-year-old journalist covering the unrest was shot to death, authorities said.
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