Britain’s Electorate Is ‘Splintering.’ Can Its System Stand the Strain?

Insurgent parties like Reform U.K. surged at the polls this week. But the British electoral system wasn’t built for ...

Two Men Are Convicted of Spying for China in Britain

The men were arrested in 2024, accused of surveilling dissidents from Hong Kong in Britain. The case sent a chill through pro ...
The Economist

Britain rethinks its “special relationship” with America

KING CHARLES III’s trip to America on April 27th-30th is ostensibly to commemorate the 250th anniversary of America’s independence from Britain. It is turning into a mission to help salvage the ...

Local elections could hasten the exit of Britain’s embattled prime minister

British voters are casting ballots in elections that could hasten the end of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s troubled term.
CNN

Why Britain’s miserable weather is one of its greatest tourist attractions

Britain is far from the wettest place on Earth, but its reputation as a gray landscape populated by perma-sodden umbrella-clutchers is so longstanding, it’s seeped into the national identity. “It’s ...
Time

Britain Can No Longer Hide Behind the Myth That Its Empire Was Benign

Demonstrators hold placards during a protest calling for the removal of a statue of British businessman and imperialist Cecil John Rhodes, from outside Oriel College at the University of Oxford in ...

Britain's JD Sports says Nike's Hill 'doing a great job'

LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - Nike CEO Elliott Hill got a vote of confidence from one of its largest customers, British ...