Tag: United Kingdom

We won our independence back!

We won our independence back!

Dan Hannan · July 5, 2016 4:01 am

Says he never intended to be a career politician and can leave now that Brexit achieved. (AP Photo/Geoffroy Van der Hasselt)

National Security

Farage steps down as leader of Britain’s right-wing UKIP

Rudy Takala · July 4, 2016 1:43 pm

The protesters said the British Parliament should overrule Britons' 52-48 percent vote in favor of leaving. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA via AP)

Thousands protest Brexit vote in U.K.

Sean Higgins · July 2, 2016 2:29 pm

The Battle of the Somme and Tolkien, 100 Years Later

Michael Warren · July 1, 2016 11:19 am

CNN’s Amanpour berates Brexit leader, won’t support assertions

CNN’s Amanpour berates Brexit leader, won’t support assertions

Becket Adams · June 30, 2016 8:04 pm

"I think this may be an issue of sentence construction," WH press secretary Josh Earnest explained Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

WH: Obama didn’t insinuate Brexit won’t happen

Nicole Duran · June 30, 2016 5:51 pm

Michael Gove surprised many people when he came out for Brexit earlier this year, and he surprised even more people when he came out against Boris Johnson this morning and announced he was running himself. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

More astonishing news from Britain

Michael Barone · June 30, 2016 5:01 pm

Two hundred and forty years ago we declared independence from Britain. We should remember that all countries want to be free of international government bureaucrats — not just the U.K. (iStock Photo)

Manhattan Moment: Why Brits want to leave the EU

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · June 30, 2016 4:01 am

The common thread tying these stories together is that they suggest voters didn’t quite understand what they were getting themselves into when they voted to withdraw from the European Union. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

Biased, lazy journalists use Google Trends to diss Brexit

Becket Adams · June 30, 2016 1:49 am

Obama emphasized the positive, underscoring the "special relationship" between the United States and the U.K. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Obama backs away from threat to U.K. over Brexit

Susan Crabtree · June 29, 2016 9:40 pm

The idea came naturally to architects of the EU that labor mobility enhanced the operation of free markets. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Beltway Confidential

Why does the European Union insist on ‘free movement’?

Michael Barone · June 29, 2016 8:38 pm

"Isn't it time we joined forces again?" asked freelance journalist David Wheeler. (iStock photo)

CNN: Make the United Kingdom the 51st state

Becket Adams · June 29, 2016 8:37 pm