Tag: United Kingdom

Beltway Confidential

Rich Lowry: Royal baby will beat Obama

Charlie Spiering · July 22, 2013 4:00 am

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have a son, third in line to the British throne. (AP File)

Obama and first lady congratulate royals on son’s birth

Susan Crabtree · July 22, 2013 4:00 am

Brits Mark Sawyer, left, and John Bryant, both of Bath, England, are seen in front of the Elvis band at the 2013 Fourth of July celebration wearing their blue suede shoes. Bath is home of the American Museum of Britain, which houses the largest collection of Americana outside of the U.S. (Photo by Richard Pollock)

Celebrating America on July Fourth in the UK

Richard Pollock · July 10, 2013 4:00 am

Mayor of London Boris Johnson leaves the podium after addressing the the Global Investment Conference in London Thursday May 9, 2013, hosted by UK Trade and Investment. (AP Photo/Stefan Rousseau, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

British Millennials sour on Labour

Michael Barone · June 30, 2013 4:00 am

Recent polls show young voters in the United Kingdom are libertarian on cultural issues while rejecting government-paid residential care for the elderly. (Thinkstock)

In UK, but not US, young voters turn against Big Government

Michael Barone · June 30, 2013 4:00 am

Cameron’s NHS Error

Daniel Halper · June 24, 2013 11:47 am

Tony Blair, ‘The Trouble Within Islam,’ and Kumbaya in Kosovo

Stephen Schwartz · June 20, 2013 1:32 pm

Beltway Confidential

The latest Edward Snowden leak embarasses the United Kingdom

Charlie Spiering · June 17, 2013 4:00 am

Mau-Mau veteran Mathenge Iregi, 81, waves a a ceremonial whisk to celebrate as he and others await a press conference about an announcement regarding their legal case for compensation against the British Government, in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, June 6, 2013. The British government is set to announce compensation for Kenyans abused during a rebellion against colonial rule in the 1950s. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Kenyan joy: Britain ‘regrets’ colonial abuse

Gregory Katz, Jason Straziuso · June 6, 2013 4:00 am

The Duke of Edinburgh attending a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, London Thursday June 6, 2013. Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II's husband was later admitted to a London hospital for an exploratory operation. The palace said the operation on 91-year-old Prince Philip will come after "abdominal investigations," but did not elaborate. (AP Photo/ Anthony Devlin, pool)

UK’s Prince Philip enters hospital for operation

Cassandra Vinograd · June 6, 2013 4:00 am

The Buzz: Pamela’s commercial banned in UK

Elizabeth Larner · June 5, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - This Friday, May 3, 2013, citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, show an anti-Syrian regime protester holding up an Arabic placard reading, "If America does not know who used the chemical weapons, so it could be flying saucers from another planet," during a demonstration, in Sarmada town, in Idlib province, northern Syria. A U.N. report on Syria said Tuesday, June 4, 2013, that there are "reasonable grounds" to believe that limited quantities of toxic chemicals have been used as weapons in at least four attacks in Syria's civil war, but said more evidence is needed to determine the precise chemical agents used or who used them. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN, File)

France, Britain confirm use of sarin gas in Syria

Karin Laub, Greg Keller · June 4, 2013 4:00 am