Britain

The Conservative Party leader’s hold over his Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat represents the narrowest constituency majority for any prime minister in more than five decades.

The British prime minister isn’t afraid of the Labour party’s leader. To retain his parliamentary seat in an increasingly diverse west London district, Johnson is facing a tight race to fend off Ali Milani, a 25-year-old immigrant from Iran.

Voters want to close borders. Activists want to open them.

The sale of British Steel is a dangerous foothold for Chinese Communist Party power in the U.K.

Boris Johnson is set to let the Chinese giant back into U.K. telecoms. That would be a mistake.

Despite a campaign of historical revisionism in Washington, the archival record makes clear that the U.S. government was the key actor in the 1953 coup that ousted Mohammad Mosaddeq—not the Iranian clergy.

The prime minister needs a triumph at the ballot box. He probably won’t get it.

Boris Johnson’s dreams of an Anglosphere to replace the European Union aren’t new. Ever since the end of colonialism, the United Kingdom has sought ways to revive its standing.

Suspected white phosphorus attacks in Syria, sanctions take their toll on Chinese firms, and Britain debates Boris Johnson’s new Brexit deal.

Could Northern Ireland leave the U.K. altogether?

Still, if the new agreement fails to gain approval, the public may not blame Johnson at the polls.

The Democratic Unionist Party’s statement on the latest deal with the European Union.

British citizens will no longer be covered by EU law, and courts won’t have the power to protect minorities from the will of the parliamentary majority. Only a codified constitution can ensure basic rights.

The prime minister now expects there will be a delay, but he thinks voters will reward him at the polls for trying.

If you thought the Tories were a mess, you should have seen Labour's annual conference.

Across the West, the main trigger of populism has been the growing inequality—and hostility—between urban and rural regions.

The radical Labour leader is anti-Western, not pro-justice.

The mace is a symbol of royal power—and sometimes of lawmakers’ anger.