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Jeremy Corbyn has a radical Labour message. Can he sell it to Britain?

World / Politics | ANALYSIS Nov 22, 2019

Jeremy Corbyn has a radical Labour message. Can he sell it to Britain?

Jeremy Corbyn pulled no punches as he presented the country with his plan for a Labour government, the most radical proposed since 1983, when the party suffered its worst postwar defeat. Railways, water supply and broadband infrastructure would be brought into state ownership. The government's ...

Jeremy Corbyn catches up with Johnson in dramatic U.K. election debate

World / Politics Nov 20, 2019

Jeremy Corbyn catches up with Johnson in dramatic U.K. election debate

Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn outperformed expectations in a crucial television debate against Prime Minister Boris Johnson, ahead of the U.K.'s general election on Dec. 12. The opposition leader, who has been lagging behind Johnson in personal approval ratings, almost tied with the prime minister in ...

U.K.'s Johnson to declare Britain can 'end the groundhoggery of Brexit' if he wins election

World / Politics Nov 13, 2019

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 ...

Hackers attempt to take down U.K. Labour Party's web services ahead of election

World / Politics Nov 13, 2019

Hackers attempt to take down U.K. Labour Party's web services ahead of election

Hackers attacked Britain's opposition Labour Party, bombarding its web services with malicious traffic in an attempt to force them offline just weeks ahead of a national election, party and security officials said on Tuesday, "We have experienced a sophisticated and large-scale cyberattack on Labour digital ...

Trump again wades into U.K. politics, telling Johnson and Farage to unite for sake of U.S. trade deal

Business Nov 4, 2019

Trump again wades into U.K. politics, telling Johnson and Farage to unite for sake of U.S. trade deal

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urged British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage to come together to safeguard prospects for expanded U.S.-U.K. trade after Britain leaves the European Union. Trump told reporters at the White House that both men were ...

Blow for Johnson as Cabinet member Nicky Morgan quits ahead of Brexit election battle

World / Politics Oct 31, 2019

Blow for Johnson as Cabinet member Nicky Morgan quits ahead of Brexit election battle

Boris Johnson suffered a surprise blow to his election campaign on day one of the contest when senior Cabinet minister Nicky Morgan announced she was quitting politics. Morgan, the culture secretary, said members of Parliament had suffered "abuse" and that her family had faced pressure ...

Britain spins toward Christmas election as Johnson wins preliminary approval for vote

World / Politics Oct 30, 2019

Britain spins toward Christmas election as Johnson wins preliminary approval for vote

Britain on Tuesday was heading toward its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson won preliminary approval from Parliament for an early ballot aimed at breaking the Brexit deadlock. As the European Union granted a third delay to the divorce ...

EU set to delay Brexit after Boris Johnson defeated in Parliament

World / Politics Oct 23, 2019

EU set to delay Brexit after Boris Johnson defeated in Parliament

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's defining mission to take the U.K. out of the European Union in nine days' time was derailed as members of Parliament dramatically blocked his plan to rush the Brexit deal into law. European Council President Donald Tusk responded by saying he ...

Resign for misleading Britain, Labour's Jeremy Corbyn tells Johnson, warning against a 'Trump Deal Brexit'

World / Politics Sep 25, 2019

Resign for misleading Britain, Labour's Jeremy Corbyn tells Johnson, warning against a 'Trump Deal Brexit'

Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday to resign, but said he would not press for a new election until he was sure Britain would not leave the European Union without a deal. Corbyn said he would do ...

Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour backing for his wait-and-see Brexit tack

World / Politics Sep 24, 2019

Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour backing for his wait-and-see Brexit tack

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn won backing for his wait-and-see policy on Brexit after the opposition party's conference voted to reject a plan to "energetically campaign" to stay in the European Union. After two days in which the gathering in Brighton, southeast England, was overshadowed by ...

Jeremy Corbyn gears up for election as Brexit fears soar and Johnson heads to heart of EU

World / Politics Aug 19, 2019

Jeremy Corbyn gears up for election as Brexit fears soar and Johnson heads to heart of EU

U.K. opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn will promise to do "everything necessary" to prevent a no-deal Brexit as Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to take his threat to let Britain crash out of the EU to the heart of Europe. The Labour Party leader in a ...

Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn seeks support to form caretaker government to block 'no-deal' Brexit

World / Politics Aug 15, 2019

Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn seeks support to form caretaker government to block 'no-deal' Brexit

Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the U.K.'s opposition Labour Party, asked rival parties to support him as prime minister in a coalition to block Boris Johnson's government from pursuing a "no-deal" Brexit. Corbyn wrote to other political parties' leaders and rebels in the Conservative Party Wednesday, ...

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