The promise, in reaction to a new security law China is trying to impose on the semiautonomous city, a former British colony, would sharply raise the stakes in a developing standoff.
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They’re Calling It the ‘Conga Line Parliament’
Thanks to social distancing, the line to vote in the British Parliament snaked all over the ancient grounds, stretching over half a mile at its longest point.
Where the Virus Is Growing Most: Countries With ‘Illiberal Populist’ Leaders
Brazil, Russia, Britain and the U.S. have something in common.
Rogue Trip by Boris Johnson Aide Makes U.K.’s Spectator Part of the Story
A senior editor of the magazine, Britain’s oldest, did not disclose in an article that her husband, Dominic Cummings, had taken a 260-mile trip that breached the nation’s stay-at-home order.
Why Is Boris Johnson Defending Dominic Cummings?
The aide, Dominic Cummings, has the ideas and organizational skills that the British prime minister himself knows he lacks and badly needs.
Boris Johnson Feels Public Anger in Outcry Over Dominic Cummings
The image of a powerful official flouting the lockdown rules has struck a nerve in a way that the government’s haphazard response to the virus has not.
Outcry Over Cummings Turns Public Against Johnson for 1st Time
The image of a powerful official flouting the lockdown rules has struck a nerve in a way that the government’s haphazard response to the virus has not.
Dominic Cummings Offers a Sorry-Not-Sorry for U.K. Lockdown Breach
The top adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson caused a furor after it was learned he had driven 260 miles to his parents’ home.
On a Scottish Isle, Nursing Home Deaths Expose a Covid-19 Scandal
At the Home Farm nursing home on the Isle of Skye, more than a quarter of its residents died and nearly all were infected with coronavirus. Families are furious.
Boris Johnson Backs Top Aide Accused of Flouting Lockdown Rules
Despite the appearance of a double standard, the British leader defended Dominic Cummings’s travel, even as the aide was falling ill.