Liz Truss
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Sorry, Boris — Nigel Farage is still Britain’s Trump Whisperer
In Milwaukee, the battle for Donald Trump’s attention is heating up and Brits want in.
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Britain’s Keir Starmer vows: I’ll never leave ECHR
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Britain finally has a female chancellor. It only took 800 years.
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Defeated UK Tories suffer ‘very public nervous breakdown’
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Jeremy Hunt rules himself out of Tory leadership race
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How the Tory campaign melted down in 6 disastrous weeks
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Former Prime Minister Liz Truss loses seat in Tory wipeout
Rishi Sunak is destined for failure. But does he even know why?
Britain’s prime minister, for the first time in his life, wasn’t up to the task.
An American’s guide to the 2024 UK election
We can’t give you a felon and an old guy on July 4 — but we do have a gambling scandal. And Nigel Farage.
Why is British politics so unfailingly funny?
Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage walk into a bar. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.
The sleepy corner of England battling China
In an unlikely U.K. political battleground, politicians all want a piece of the lithium boom.
Liz Truss battles to save her skin at UK election
She struggled to defeat a lettuce and now Britain’s shortest serving prime minister is fighting for her political life in her Norfolk constituency.
Paris was on the cusp of becoming the EU’s finance hub. Then came the election.
The French vote could deal a massive blow to the capital’s post-Brexit ambitions.
France risks IMF, Commission oversight if Macron loses, finance minister warns
Bruno Le Maire raises the specter of financial disaster for France if President Emmanuel Macron’s opponents win this month’s snap election.
Tories brace for brutal civil war
A fight for the soul of the UK Conservative Party is about to break out between centrists and those on the right.
5 takeaways from Labour’s ‘Captain Caution’ manifesto
Keir Starmer is promising change from 14 years of Tory government. In fiscal terms, it’s not so much — for now.
Nigel Farage eyes debanking revenge with plan to hit bank profits
Reform UK thinks they can raise up to £40 billion to fund tax cuts by treating banks’ QE reserves differently.
Bankers already won the UK election
Whichever party forms the next government, the City gets what it wants — in stark comparison to recent elections.
The art of the TV debate
Days before this general election’s first television debate, host Aggie Chambre looks back at the history of debates in this country and asks how politicians go about winning …
UK general election: What you need to know as Sunak goes for July 4 vote
Britain’s summer election is on. Here’s your bluffer’s guide.
UK election: Why Rishi Sunak pulled the trigger
The prime minister’s announcement of a July general election has stunned the country — but what were his reasons for going to the polls now?
Why Javier Milei shattered Argentina’s bond with Spain
Short version: He’s borrowing from the Trump playbook.
Tory MPs urge Hunt: Break the Bank of England’s QT doom loop
MPs are chafing at the cost of quantitative tightening.
Is the Bank of England really a secret political player?
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Scotland’s reluctant new leader didn’t really want the job
Swinney thought he’d done his bit, but was convinced to return to save his beloved Scottish National Party.
Wayve’s charm offensive: How slick lobbying helped bag Europe’s biggest AI deal
New legislation gives the self-driving car firm a route to market. But the proposals nearly fell victim to Britain’s political perma-crisis.
Tories hit by worst poll result since Liz Truss was prime minister
Labour is 30 points ahead of Rishi Sunak’s embattled Tories.