List of Britain articles
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, on Aug. 25, 2019. Boris Johnson Unveils His Post-Brexit ‘Tilt’ to Asia
But Britain’s new security strategy risks shifting too few resources eastward.
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A protester holds a flag outside Scotland’s Parliament. An Independent Scotland Would Bring No Surprises for Allies
Scotland is in a great position to be a good global citizen.
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Barbary macaques in Gibraltar. Is Brexit Driving Gibraltar Into Europe’s Arms?
The territory at the tip of Spain will remain British on paper, but in practice Brexit has brought it closer to the EU than ever before.
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A child’s playground is closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Auckland, New Zealand, on March 4. Saving Lives Saves Livelihoods
For rich countries, there was always only one right answer: Impose strict early lockdowns to crush the virus and enable a return to economic growth.
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A man dressed in a kilt waves the Scottish flag and the flag of the European Union in Edinburgh, Scotland, on July 14, 2018. Scottish Independence Is a Security Problem for the United States
U.S. President Joe Biden should use his voice to persuade Scots to stay with the United Kingdom.
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Oprah Winfrey interviews Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex Meghan’s Revelations Have Destroyed Black Britons’ Trust in the Monarchy
The palace blew a chance to heal Britain’s historically brutal relationship with race.
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge join Prime Minister Boris Johnson and various heads of state and dignitaries at the U.K.-Africa Investment Summit at London’s Buckingham Palace on Jan. 20, 2020. Britain Shouldn’t Put Its Money on a Post-Brexit Rapprochement With Africa
Boris Johnson is looking to old U.K. colonies for trade deals, but his government can’t compete with China and won’t get far until it abandons its neocolonial attitudes.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a televised press conference at 10 Downing Street on Feb. 22 in London. British Prime Minister Is a Broken Job
Why Boris Johnson’s failures in the pandemic are partly the product of the office he holds.
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The offices of banking giants HSBC and Barclays are pictured at Canary Wharf in London, on Dec. 28, 2020. In the City, the Bluffing Is Over
During crisis after crisis, London’s financial giants cried wolf about leaving. Now the wolf is at the door.
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Defaced photocopies of British National Overseas passports are displayed by pro-Beijing activists as they gather outside the British Consulate General to protest against the use of BNO passports in Hong Kong on Feb. 1. China’s Nationality Law Is a Cage for Hong Kongers
Foreign passport holders risk being trapped in China by nervous authorities.
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Britain’s main opposition Labour Party leader, Keir Starmer, delivers a virtual speech on his party’s vision for the country’s economic future at Labour headquarters in central London on Feb. 18. Labour’s Dangerous Drift to the Right
Trying to rebound after painful losses, the British party appears to be courting conservative and white voters—and losing its core principles in the process.
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Migrants in a dinghy navigate in the English Channel toward the south coast of England after crossing from France, on Sept. 1, 2020. Britain Doesn’t Have a Refugee Crisis, So It Created One
Boris Johnson and Priti Patel have unnecessarily warehoused and endangered thousands of asylum-seekers in an effort to pander to the right-wing press.
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Then-Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio speaks at Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Virginia, Feb. 28, 2016. The World According to ‘God’s Harvard’
Patrick Henry College’s focus on governance gives it a unique place among right-wing Christian schools.
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The Union Flag flies from the top of Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster, home to the British Houses of Parliament, in London on Jan. 18. Brexit Is Probably the United Kingdom’s Death Knell
An English-led disaster has emboldened others to get out.
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Police officers inspect the truck of a driver working in the shellfish industry who brought his truck to central London to protest Britain’s Been Hammered by Brexit, but It Got the Vaccine Right
The positive contrast with the European Union’s COVID-19 vaccine debacle has masked a rocky exit from Europe.
