Makerfield, Andy Burnham and British politics
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Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage claims Brexit was an “earthquake” in British politics, arguing that its “aftershocks” continue to rattle the major parties.
The police response to the murder of Henry Nowak has triggered a heated transatlantic debate.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer appears more concerned by Elon Musk “interfering” in British politics than he is by the murder of a white boy. Starmer blamed Musk for instigating division in British politics Thursday during an interview in Yorkshire.
The counting has barely started, but the spinning is already in overdrive, with the political consequences already clear, writes Sean Whelan.
HOW do you solve a problem like Elon Musk? That’s what Nigel Farage was wondering a week or so ago when he picked up the phone to old chum Donald Trump. The US President has had his fair share of
The British government cannot stop Donald Trump and JD Vance talking rubbish about the UK to Americans, but it can fight foreign interference in our own politics
Rosa Prince is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering UK politics and policy. She was formerly an editor and writer at Politico and the Daily Telegraph, and is the author of "Comrade Corbyn" and "Theresa May: The Enigmatic Prime Minister." Kemi Badenoch ...
Nigel Farage said he believes a "truly historic shift in British politics" has occurred after Reform UK won hundreds of seats and took control of more councils in England. The Reform leader said his party was showing it could win in Conservative and Labour heartlands,
Reform UK published "news-making, cor blimey, take-a-look-at-this photos" of a meeting this week between Elon Musk and Nigel Farage at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago mansion, said the BBC's political editor Chris Mason. But this is about more than just photos ...
BRITISH elections have been shaped by two long-term trends. Voters have become more volatile: more than four in ten switched their allegiance between the general elections of 2019 and 2024, the greatest shift since studies began in the 1960s. They are also ...
As John Oliver explains on last night’s Last Week Tonight, this Thursday will see a by-election in the small area of Makerfield, about halfway between Liverpool and Manchester, engineered to elect Andy Burnham,
