List of Brexit articles
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A woodcut-style illustration depicts Donald Trump on one end of a face card with Boris Johnson on the other. Both hold mirors. Ranking the Strongmen
In an era defined by vanity, the U.S. president outdoes all his populist peers.
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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer waves as he arrives for the UEFA Euro 2024 final football match between Spain and England at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on July 14. Can Starmer Fix Britain’s Economy Without Big Policy Changes?
The new prime minister has ruled out raising taxes for most people or rejoining the EU.
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A main in a suit and helmet holds a British flags in each hand as he hangs from a zipline in front of a ferris wheel. Is Britain All That Special?
British politics may be bad, but they’re not unusual.
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Labour leader Keir Starmer arrives at Wakefield College for talks with teachers and parents ahead of schoolchildren receiving their A level results on August 12, 2020 in Wakefield, England. Britain Is on the Verge of a Big Global Comeback
What an election victory for Keir Starmer’s Labour could mean for his country’s international influence.
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U.K. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer waits to be introduced on stage in Gillingham, England. What Kind of Prime Minister Will Keir Starmer Be?
Oliver Eagleton’s book on the Labour leader blends leftist critique with biography, presenting a comprehensive account of a deeply ambiguous figure.
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a Q&A session with local business leaders during a visit to Coca-Cola HBC in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. Why Rishi Sunak’s Northern Ireland Deal Will Fail
London can please either Brussels or Belfast. It’s choosing Brussels.
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A couple walks along the dim streets of Penrith in the United Kingdom Blankets, Food Banks, and Shuttered Pubs: Brexit Has Delivered a Broken Britain
Brexiteers promised to “take back control.” But the decision has instead delivered recession, gloom, and despair.
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British Prime Minister Liz Truss (left) and Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng chat during a visit to Berkeley Modular, in Northfleet, England, on Sept. 23. Liz Truss Wants to Be Thatcher. She’s Not.
The new prime minister is making Britain look like Argentina—in more ways than one.
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British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speak during a G-7 foreign ministers' summit in Liverpool, England, on Dec. 12, 2021. Liz Truss Is Ready to Flex London’s Muscles Abroad
Britain’s likely next prime minister is a foreign-policy hard-liner.
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Boris Johnson drives a digger through a fake wall during a general election campaign event at JCB construction company on Dec. 10, 2019 in Uttoxeter, United Kingdom. Boris Johnson’s Fall Gives Brexit a Chance to Succeed
Rather than kowtow to the anti-EU right, the next Conservative leader should return to Theresa May’s pragmatic vision of Brexit—or risk electoral obliteration in 2024.
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An engraving depicts King Alfred the Great of England dividing his kingdom into counties and instituting tithes as a form of taxation. Is Brexit a Swamp Creature From 10,000 Years Ago?
Ian Morris’s latest pop history looks for the roots of British particularism.
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Boris Johnson holds up a string of sausages around his neck during a visit to Heck Foods Ltd. headquarters, as part of his Conservative Party leadership campaign tour on July 4, 2019 near Bedale, United Kingdom. Boris Johnson’s ‘Sausage War’ Was Deadly Serious
The European Union and Britain are confronting whether international politics is a matter of law or chaos.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Sturgeon’s Vision for Independence Is on the Ballot in Scotland
The first minister’s party will almost certainly win the election this week, but the nationalist movement still faces divisions of its own.
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Margaret Thatcher Kurds Iraq Britain’s Post-Brexit Foreign Policy Can Be a Force for Good
Boris Johnson shouldn’t shy away from global leadership and the morally driven approach that protected Kosovars and Iraqi Kurds in the 1990s.
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Nationalists and Loyalists riot at the Peace Wall gates which divide the two communities on April 7 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. How Brexit Lit the Fuse in Northern Ireland
Loyalist fears that Boris Johnson is abandoning them have sparked a wave of violence that could endanger the Good Friday Agreement.
