LONDON (Reuters) – Anti-Semitism is vile and wrong and will not be tolerated in any form under a Labour government, party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Tuesday after Britain’s chief rabbi accused him of failing to stem the “poison” gripping the opposition party. Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, in an article …
BIRMINGHAM, England/LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried to fire up supporters with a Brexit rallying cry on Wednesday after the first day of his election campaign was marred by a ministerial resignation, a gaffe about a deadly tower blaze and a doctored video advert. Johnson called a …
How Jeremy Corbyn’s party is trying to woo British voters SHORTLY BEFORE the financial crisis of 2008, a little-known Labour MP published a 64-page pamphlet. In “Another World is Possible: A Manifesto for 21st Century Socialism”, John McDonnell laid out an economic vision which clashed with the slick, pro-business mantra …
The UK looks set for a December general election after Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn announced his party was ready to fight the “most radical campaign ever”. Mr Corbyn said his condition of taking a no-deal Brexit off the table had now been met after the EU agreed to extend the …
LONDON — He is the bane of bankers, a bearded, teetotaling socialist often derided in the British press and in Parliament for his efforts to suppress dissent inside the Labour Party and his radical plans to remake the British economy. But in the unmitigated chaos of Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, the …
The Labour Party leader could be the country’s next prime minister, and could well redefine its role in the world. BRIGHTON, England—Things are not all right here in Britain. Boris Johnson’s ruling Conservatives have lost their majority, and with it their ability to govern; Parliament has been suspended; and the …
BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) – British opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Sunday his party would guide him on how to campaign in a second Brexit referendum, pledging to offer voters a choice between staying in the European Union and a “credible” deal. At the start of Labour’s annual conference …
LONDON/ BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) – The deputy leader of Britain’s Labour Party survived an attempt to oust him over Brexit on Saturday after party chief Jeremy Corbyn moved to defuse a row that threatened to overshadow the party’s bid to show it was ready for power. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Deputy Leader …
LONDON — Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain’s Labour Party, agreed at a meeting of opposition lawmakers on Tuesday to shelve his plan for toppling Prime Minister Boris Johnson next week and instead focus on passing a law to head off a no-deal Brexit. That strategy, favored by more centrist …
LONDON (Reuters) – Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said he would do everything necessary to prevent Britain leaving the European Union without a divorce deal as he prepared to meet senior lawmakers on Tuesday to discuss tactics. Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home in London, …
Jeremy Corbyn has urged the UK’s most senior civil servant to intervene to prevent a no-deal Brexit happening during a general election campaign. The Labour leader is concerned that the UK could leave the EU on 31 October, while a campaign is ongoing and before a new government is elected. …
When I was in London recently, a British friend offered effusive thanks for the United States — whenever he was feeling particularly aghast over the disarray of his country’s political institutions, he said, he just looked across the Atlantic and instantly felt much better. Funny, I told him, I was …