U.K. apologizes for Windrush immigration scandal after damning report
The British government apologized Thursday for its treatment of Britons of Caribbean origin who were wrongly detained or deported for being illegal immigrants, after the publication of a devastating official report. The inquiry found that successive governments trying to show they were tough on illegal ...
Battle for Brexit over with crushing victory by Boris Johnson's Conservatives
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday that voters had given his government a "powerful new mandate" to take Britain out of the EU next month as he headed for victory in a landmark election. With about 600 of 650 seats declared, Johnson's Conservatives secured the ...
Polls tighten on eve of British election seen as key vote on Brexit
Britain's political party leaders on Wednesday criss-crossed the country in a frantic last-minute push for votes, after polls predicted a tight finish to a highly charged general election aimed at settling the long-running Brexit crisis. Polls open on Thursday for the third time in four ...
U.K.'s Labour accuses BBC of bias over its election coverage
Britain's opposition Labour Party wrote to the head of the BBC on Thursday to complain about its coverage of campaigning ahead of next week's election, accusing the publicly funded broadcaster of bias. Labour's co-campaign coordinator, Andrew Gwynne, said they had recorded numerous examples where his ...
U.K. Liberal Democrats could back Labour to force second Brexit vote
The leader of Britain's pro-European Liberal Democrats has suggested she could work with the opposition Labour party to stop Brexit if it removed its leader in the event of a hung Parliament after next week's election. Jo Swinson repeated her pledge not to put either ...
Scotland threatens Boris Johnson's election dream
Surprise victories in Scotland helped save the Conservative Party in the 2017 election but U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in danger of losing those gains next week, forcing him to look elsewhere for a parliamentary majority. "This time is going to be very, very ...
Facebook Inc. removed seven Conservative Party social media ads on Sunday after the British Broadcasting Corp. complained they distorted the perception of the news service's impartiality. "We have removed this content following a valid intellectual property claim from the rights holder, the BBC," a Facebook ...
U.K.'s Johnson to declare Britain can 'end the groundhoggery of Brexit' if he wins election
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Wednesday declare that the U.K. can "end the groundhoggery of Brexit" if he wins next month's election, saying the rest of the world was wondering why so much time has been spent agonizing over whether to leave ...
Liberals and Tories slug it out on last day of Canada election
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Conservative rival, Andrew Scheer, slugged it out Sunday on the last day of a rancorous election campaign. With Canadians going to the polls on Monday, the Liberals and Tories went into the home stretch in a dead heat, ...
After weeks of ducking the question, Canada Tory leader Andrew Scheer admits he is 'pro-life'
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's main rival in Canada's upcoming national elections, Andrew Scheer, said Thursday he is "pro-life" after weeks of ducking questions on his abortion stance. The Conservative leader, who is a devout Catholic and married with five children, has said since the start ...
Trudeau readies for first Canada debate clash with Tory poll rival
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will appear for his first debate of the 2019 election on Wednesday, facing off against main rival Andrew Scheer of the Conservative Party just three weeks ahead of the knife-edge vote. They will spar in French, looking to sway votes in ...
Boris Johnson battles sex allegations as Brexit opponents plot
Boris Johnson hoped to use his Conservative Party's annual convention to launch his campaign to win the next British general election. Instead, he is fighting for his credibility as prime minister as he faces allegations of sexual impropriety and plots to oust him. After two ...
