They approved a plan to stop the next prime minister from suspending Parliament as a means of forcing through Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union.
Author: BENJAMIN MUELLER
U.K. Parliament Workers Face ‘Unacceptable’ Abuse, Report Says
Employees described the conditions as deplorable, with one saying that sexual harassment was a “necessary evil” for young, ambitious staff members.
U.K. Parliament Backs Same-Sex Marriage and Abortion Rights in Northern Ireland
The votes set the stage for changes that would liberalize laws in Northern Ireland and drag the region into line with the rest of the United Kingdom.
The 0.3% of U.K. Voters Who Will Pick the Next Prime Minister
Older, whiter and more right-wing than average, Conservatives who will choose their party’s next leader are adamant about one thing: Brexit at any cost.
London Fire Survivors Sue in Unlikely Place: Philadelphia Court
Hundreds of survivors and relatives of victims in the Grenfell Tower fire sued makers of the flammable cladding and insulation that fed the blaze, one of which has its headquarters in Pennsylvania.
President Trump, Unloved in Britain, Still Tries to Play Kingmaker
As if in an episode of “The Apprentice,” Mr. Trump evaluated the candidates vying to replace Theresa May as prime minister, as the candidates themselves competed for his favor.
President Trump, Unloved in Britain, Still Tries to Play Kingmaker
As if in an episode of “The Apprentice,” Mr. Trump evaluated the candidates vying to replace Theresa May as prime minister, as the candidates themselves competed for his favor.
Britain Vowed Big Changes After Grenfell Tower Burned. Why Are Thousands Stuck in Firetraps?
Two years after the Grenfell inferno in London killed 72 people, hundreds of high-rise apartment buildings in England remain wrapped in flammable cladding — and safety rules are little changed.
Britons Pause to Vote in an Election Many Did Not Want
But voting for the European Parliament was an ideal way to cast protest ballots against the Tories and Labour, they said. Both parties seemed headed to humiliating defeat.
No Policies? No Problem. The Patchwork Brexit Party Is Crushing Its Opponents.
Its candidates’ politics have little in common beyond gunning for a quick, hard Brexit, but that hardly matters. For now, anyway.