Tag: United Kingdom

A picture of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is shown in front of an image of Somerville College, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Thatcher effect: How 1980s Oxford made the next prime minister of Britain

Rob Crilly · June 14, 2019 4:05 am

Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Trump ally Farage reemerges as key figure

Rob Crilly · June 14, 2019 3:00 am

Medical marijuana and pill bottles.

Church suspends rules against marijuana investment

Ellie Bufkin · June 13, 2019 8:04 pm

Britain's Conservative Party lawmaker Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks during the official launch of his leadership campaign, in London, Wednesday June 12, 2019.

Trump ally Boris Johnson on course to become British premier after clear ballot victory

Rob Crilly · June 13, 2019 4:50 pm

Conservative leadership contender and Britain's Home Secretary Sajid Javid delivers a speech to launch his campaign to become the next Conservative prime minister, in London, Wednesday, June 12, 2019.

Britain’s Muslim home secretary wonders why he was excluded from Trump state banquet

Rob Crilly · June 13, 2019 2:08 pm

Julian Assange.

UK secretary signs Assange extradition request

Jerry Dunleavy · June 13, 2019 2:05 pm

A British five-pound note.

Beltway Confidential

Britain’s unexplained wealth orders give the state too much power

Walter Olson · June 13, 2019 11:05 am

Rachel Maddow and Donald Trump.

Maddow: Trump embodied ‘all of the worst stereotypes’ of Americans during European trip

Julio Rosas · June 12, 2019 2:37 pm

Britain's Environment Secretary Michael Gove launches his leadership campaign for the Conservative Party in London, Monday June 10, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May stepped down Friday as Conservative Party leader after failing to secure Parliament's backing for her European Union withdrawal deal.

British prime minister candidate adopts Hillary Clinton’s losing election slogan

Rob Crilly · June 12, 2019 1:53 pm

Britain's Conservative Party lawmaker Boris Johnson arrives to launch his leadership campaign, in London, Wednesday June 12, 2019.

‘Delay means defeat’: Trump ally Boris Johnson launches campaign for British premier with Brexit appeal

Rob Crilly · June 12, 2019 12:15 pm

President-elect Trump ruffled feathers overseas when he tweeted his praise for Nigel Farage, the leader of the populist UK Independence Party who praised Trump throughout the presidential election. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Brexit leader Farage pledges to campaign for Trump in 2020

Rob Crilly · June 12, 2019 4:02 am

Unannounced mystery guest speaker British politician George Galloway makes a speech at a rally held by the Grassroots Out (GO), anti-EU campaign group at the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre in London, held to coincide with the EU summit in Brussels, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016.

Beltway Confidential

George Galloway reminds us he is an anti-Semitic propagandist for Putin

Tom Rogan · June 11, 2019 6:38 pm