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UK Defence Secretary’s resignation – a sobering message

UK TA | AP Insight - June 11, 2026.

U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey unexpectedly quit on Thursday, saying the government is unwilling to spend enough on the military at a time of “rising...

Brexit legacy continues to haunt the UK and its politics

UK Harvey Morris - June 10, 2026.

The UK is fast approaching the tenth anniversary of its Brexit vote with little to celebrate. The problems the country has faced in the subsequent decade...

UK politicians and campaigners question state’s reliance on tech giant Palantir

UK Harvey Morris - May 27, 2026.

A dispute involving the mayor of London, the US data analytics company Palantir and the UK capital’s police is fuelling a growing controversy about the...

Britain's navy prepares to clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz

UK TA | AP Insight - May 24, 2026.

Aboard the RFA Lyme Bay docked off the coast of Gibraltar, hundreds of British sailors are waiting to be deployed for a mine-clearing mission to...

Do they mean us? What friends and neighbours think of the UK’s political psychodrama

UK Harvey Morris - May 20, 2026.

A popular British television series of the 1980s titled ‘Do they mean us?’ used to take a wry look at how the foreign media reported...

It's official: Wes Streeting wants to be Britain's next prime minister

UK TA | AP Insight - May 17, 2026.

Wes Streeting's ambition to head the British government was one of the worst-kept secrets in U.K. politics. But if anyone was unaware, it's now official —...

UK’s Labour party in crisis as Starmer’s departure looms

UK Harvey Morris - May 13, 2026.

The UK this week faced the prospect of a seventh prime minister in 10 years after Keir Starmer’s latest defence of his leadership failed to...

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