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‘Lecturing will get you nowhere’: 5 China experts on how Starmer should play...
LONDON — Keir Starmer lands in China trying to do everything at once. As his government searches desperately for economic growth, the prime minister’s policy is to cooperate, compete with, and, where...
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Meet the UK party that thinks Trump-bashing is a vote-winner
LONDON — Almost every major British political party has bent the knee to Donald Trump. The Liberal Democrats are happy to stay standing. While Prime Minister Keir Starmer is busy trying to build a...
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‘Tell us what you want’: Labour gets cozy with the City as 2008 crash fades
LONDON — Financial crisis? What financial crisis. Fifteen years after the 2008 crash roiled the global economy, bankers are back in vogue. Britain’s new center-left government doesn’t just want to...
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Does Britain still care about Brexit? Even the (Brexit-hating) Lib Dems...
LONDON — Fighting Brexit was once their raison d’etre. Now Britain’s Liberal Democrats are fighting each other — over whether Europe is still a salient issue for the weary U.K. electorate. With a...
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Britain’s Labour Party doesn’t want to talk about a hung parliament. It might...
LONDON — Forget “snap election” or “boundary changes.” Few phrases pre-emptively exhaust British MPs like “hung parliament.” But even if the key opposition parties who could topple the Conservatives...
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Where Britain went wrong
Where Britain went wrong How Britain became the sick man of Europe — again. By Sebastian Whale and Graham Lanktree Illustrations by Edel Rodriguez for POLITICO LIVERPOOL, England — On the long picket...
View ArticleHow UK trade went woke
LONDON — Welcome to the new era of woke trade. New U.K. deals will reduce tariffs, ease the flow of data across borders and … improve gender rights. Sexism is just one of the social issues cropping...
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The UK trade negotiator reaching for Brexit’s greatest prize
This article is part of Britain Goes Global, a series highlighting the launch of Pro Trade UK. Sign up here for complimentary access to Morning Trade UK, POLITICO’s new daily morning newsletter....
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How the BBC lost the election
LONDON — The veteran BBC presenter Andrew Neil turned to the camera and did something that had never been done in the British public broadcaster’s history: He chastised a sitting prime minister for not...
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UK’s Liberal Democrats pin hopes on presidential campaign
LONDON — Britain’s Liberal Democrats think they have a secret weapon — their fresh-faced new leader Jo Swinson. Britain’s third largest national party, which is fighting the U.K.’s December general...
View ArticleVince Cable: Boris Johnson could declare national emergency to force no-deal...
LONDON — A senior U.K. opposition MP voiced concern that Prime Minister Boris Johnson could declare a state of national emergency in order to bypass legislation aimed at preventing a no-deal Brexit on...
View ArticleBritain needs an anti-Brexit alliance
LONDON — Britain’s next prime minister is in the process of being chosen by around 160,000 Conservative Party members — a self-selecting “selectorate” that is predominantly over 55, relatively wealthy,...
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...
View ArticlePoll: Lib Dems would win most votes in UK election
The pro-Remain Liberal Democrats would win a U.K. general election if it were held now, according to a new YouGov poll for the Times newspaper. The Lib Dems would win 24 percent of the vote, closely...
View ArticleDoubt over Theresa May’s future overshadows UK vote
LONDON — The U.K. began voting in the European Parliament election Thursday, with polling day overshadowed by speculation that a disastrous result for the ruling Conservatives could trigger Theresa...
View ArticleFarage on Remainers: They think ‘we’re stupid, we’re ignorant, we’re racist’
The leaders of the two British parties ahead in the polls for the European election went head-to-head on Wednesday, and complained about the level of abuse directed at candidates. Nigel Farage of the...
View ArticleMichael Gove: Second Brexit referendum would be ‘undemocratic’
Allowing a second referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union would be “undemocratic” and could break up the United Kingdom, U.K. Environment Secretary Michael Gove warned Wednesday....
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Never mind the bollocks, here’s the Liberal Democrats
BRISTOL, England — The U.K.’s self-confessed Brexit “hard-liners” have rediscovered the art of insurgency. If the polls are correct, the Liberal Democrats are on course to shake off the taint of five...
View ArticleChange UK candidate rejects restrictions on British MEPs
British MEPs elected to the European Parliament next week should have no restrictions placed on their work, even though Brexit is unresolved, said Jan Vincent Rostowski, a leading candidate for Change...
View ArticleVerhofstadt backs Lib Dems on the ‘Bollocks to Brexit’ tour
LONDON — Remain-backing voters in the U.K. should vote for the Liberal Democrats as “the most pro-European” party, Guy Verhofstadt said on a campaign visit to London. The Lib Dems face a challenge in...
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