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Theresa May keeps Brussels guessing
LONDON — Will she stay or will she go? As late as Wednesday evening, no one in the U.K. government was prepared to definitively say that Theresa May will return to Brussels on Thursday to try and...
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Theresa May: New year, new (and old) problems
LONDON — Theresa May marks her 2018 return to the global stage at Davos this week but — in an all-too-familiar story for the U.K.’s Brexit prime minister — she has reason to hope the expedition abroad...
View ArticleFormer minister to Theresa May: ‘Get a spine’
British Prime Minister Theresa May should stand up to hard-line Brexiteers and kick them out of the Conservative Party, Remainer Tory MP Anna Soubry told BBC Newsnight on Monday. Soubry, a former...
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Theresa May’s 3 Brexit audiences
LONDON — Brussels does legal texts, Britain does speeches. In the ornate surroundings of London’s Mansion House, with snow keeping her within the capital’s Remainiac square mile, Theresa May gave her...
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What the 8 Tory Brexit tribes want
LONDON — Remainers versus Brexiteers — in the Tory Party it is not that simple. Understanding the shades of Brexit opinion in the U.K.’s governing party is key to any attempt to predict how Brexit will...
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Theresa May loses symbolic vote on her Brexit strategy
LONDON — Theresa May failed to win parliamentary backing for her Brexit strategy in a symbolic vote which, while non-binding, risks undermining her attempt to renegotiate a deal with the EU. Her...
View Article3 UK Conservative MPs resign from party
LONDON — Three Conservative MPs resigned from their party to join The Independent Group of eight Labour MPs who earlier this week formed a breakaway centrist faction in parliament. The three MPs —...
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What UK’s political crack-up means for Brexit
LONDON — In the great Brexit race, the prospect of another general election is emerging from the pack. Inside No. 10 Downing Street, attempts to war-game Brexit often end with parliament being...
View ArticleAnti-Brexit party Change UK splits
LONDON — Britain’s breakaway anti-Brexit party Change UK has split — barely three months after being founded. Following a disastrous set of European election results last month, the grouping of 11...
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UK MPs rewarded for failure with post-election payouts
LONDON — British MPs worried — in some cases almost certain — that they will lose their seat in a general election have an incentive to stand anyway: lots of cash. With the major parties on a war...
View ArticleCorbyn calls cross-party meeting to ‘do everything’ to stop no-deal Brexit
LONDON — British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn today called for a cross-party meeting of senior politicians, urging them to work with him to “do everything we can to stop” a no-deal Brexit. Corbyn...
View ArticleUK opposition parties rule out no-confidence vote in Boris Johnson this week
LONDON — U.K. opposition party leaders rejected a plan to put forward a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week at a meeting in Westminster on Monday. The Labour Party, the...
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The UK election’s 12 potential biggest losers
LONDON — U.K. election nights are known for throwing up surprises. Thanks to Britain’s first-past-the-post electoral system, every poll sees Cabinet ministers and rising stars ousted by disgruntled...
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How to watch UK election night like a pro
LONDON — U.K. voters go to the polls on Thursday for their third national election in five years. At stake is the future direction of Brexit, and even whether Britain’s departure from the EU happens at...
View ArticleUK centrist party closing down
The Independent Group for Change, a centrist party set up by ex-Conservative and Labour MPs, is being closed down. The party has no members of parliament after last week’s general election. In a letter...
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