LONDON — Far-right British activist Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 18 months after admitting to contempt of court. Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, on Monday admitted ten breaches of a 2021 High Court injunction which barred him from repeating libelous claims about a Syrian refugee schoolboy named Jamal Hijazi. Lawyers for Hijazi, […]
Category Archives: UK Politics
LONDON — A fresh Brexit battle kicked off after Germany and France warned Britain not to slap a tax on international private schools. The two countries’ ambassadors to the U.K. warned that a planned “reset” of post-Brexit ties could be imperiled if the British government presses ahead with a plan to charge value added tax […]
LONDON — An MP has been suspended from the U.K.’s governing Labour Party after video footage appeared to show him punching a man repeatedly. CCTV footage obtained by MailOnline appears to show Amesbury physically attack a member of the public. The man then falls to the ground and is repeatedly punched. The altercation occurred early […]
MALUA, Samoa — Britain’s former colonies agreed “the time has come” for a conversation about reparatory justice for the slave trade, after a row over the issue dominated the Commonwealth’s biennial summit. A communiqué from 55 Commonwealth nations in Samoa, including the U.K. and many members of its former empire, said heads of government, “noting calls for discussions on reparatory justice with […]
LONDON — Nigel Farage just made Britain’s new government an offer it’s bound to refuse. The right-wing Brexiteer said he would help the country’s center-left Labour administration deal with Donald Trump if the Republican returns to the White House next January. “I repeat the point that if this government needs any help with relationships with […]
LONDON — Donald Trump will eventually forgive Britain’s Labour Party for helping his Democratic presidential rival — but it’ll take time to heal the wounds. That’s the view of the Republican nominee’s top U.K. ally Nigel Farage, who described Trump Thursday as a “forgiving man” despite a bitter transatlantic row over Labour volunteers heading stateside […]
LONDON — A British Cabinet minister said they would not call Donald Trump a “fascist,” after Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris used the term to describe her Republican rival. Amid a bitter transatlantic row between the Trump campaign and Britain’s governing Labour Party, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy on Thursday distanced herself from Harris’ description of […]
LONDON — After years in the making, plans to implement a U.S.-style register of foreign influence-peddlers operating in the U.K. have been put on ice as Britain’s new government attempts to rethink its relationship with Beijing. The Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) was introduced in legislation last year as part of efforts to shield British […]
LONDON — Nigel Farage backed up his old friend Donald Trump after the Republican presidential hopeful accused the governing U.K. Labour Party of meddling in the U.S. election. Reform UK leader Farage, no stranger to campaigning in the U.S. himself, said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer had “insulted the incoming Trump administration” after volunteers from […]
Prime minister’s questions: a shouty, jeery, very occasionally useful advert for British politics. Here’s what you need to know from the latest session in POLITICO’s weekly run-through. What they sparred about: It was the polite, loved-up battle of the deputies Wednesday as Keir Starmer continues his marathon flight to Samoa for a Commonwealth summit. Deputy […]