UK

Right-wing Reform UK heads for local poll wins despite internal splits

UK Harvey Morris - April 23, 2025.

Upcoming local elections will provide the first test of the state of mainstream UK parties since Labour came to power and an opportunity to assess...

An idiot’s guide to travelling to the USA

UK Harvey Morris - April 16, 2025.

Your intrepid correspondent recently booked a trip to the USA, casually dismissing concerns about tougher border controls and a new British government warning of the...

UK risks further divergence from EU amid looming trade and defence tensions

UK Ferry Biedermann - April 10, 2025.

The looming Trump trade war has once again laid bare the fallacy of a UK-EU rapprochement on the things that really matter. The UK government,...

UK-US free speech wrinkle has less to do with pro-life zealots than with zealous tech bros

UK Harvey Morris - April 9, 2025.

“No free trade without free speech.” That was the stark warning from an unnamed US insider that any special deal between Washington and London would...

British TV drama targets toxic online influence on youth crime

UK Harvey Morris - April 2, 2025.

A British television drama series highlighting online manipulation driving young men and boys towards violence against girls has sparked a national debate in the UK. Sociologists,...

UK-led Ukraine coalition is still willing despite US’s latest pro-Putin tilt

UK Harvey Morris - March 26, 2025.

Ukraine’s European allies will meet again this week to fine-tune their role in a coalition of the willing to protect a potential ceasefire with Russia...

Tinkering at the edges will not salvage Britain’s welfare state

UK Harvey Morris - March 19, 2025.

Faced with changing spending priorities in a sluggish economy, the UK government is set on a cost-cutting programme that critics fear could further undermine the...

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