It was looking run-down after 10 years of austerity. But the British health service’s performance in the pandemic has restored its mythic status to the nation.
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Coronavirus Killing Black Britons at Twice the Rate as Whites
That gap grows to four times when class and health differences aren’t considered. South Asians have also been dying disproportionately.
As U.K. Deaths Mount, Political Terrain Gets Trickier for Boris Johnson
Facing off against the new Labour leader, Keir Starmer, in an eerily quiet Parliament, the prime minister seemed uncharacteristically defensive.
U.K. Labour Party Has a New Leader: Keir Starmer
Mr. Starmer will have to battle for visibility at a time when the coronavirus crisis is eclipsing all other news and Prime Minister Boris Johnson is commanding the headlines.
The Woman Who’s Shaking Up Britain’s Labour Leadership Campaign
The scion of a leftist family from northern England, Lisa Nandy offers a different view of what the party should stand for.
Britons on Brexit: ‘We’ve Made a Spectacle of Ourselves’
As Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union becomes a reality, some people are celebrating and others are mourning. But for most, it seems, it is a time for recuperation and healing.
What’s Next for Britons Who Lost the Brexit Battle
Having bet it all on stopping Brexit and lost, Remainers now look to keeping Britain as close to the European Union as possible.
U.K. Parliament Advances Brexit Bill, All but Assuring January Exit
For more than two years, votes on leaving the European Union were anguished affairs that roiled the parties. This time, there was little opposition.
U.K. Parliament Advances Brexit Bill in Lopsided Vote, All but Assuring January Exit
Putting behind more than three years of tortuous political drama and national division, Parliament voted by a decisive margin to quit the European Union next month.
Boris Johnson Has a Mandate. Now, What Will He Do With It?
After a consequential but strangely inconclusive election, the prime minister still has not said what he means by Brexit.