Poll: 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 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 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 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...
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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...
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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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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....
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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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...
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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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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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