The world-renowned British author Jonathan Coe has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the joys of writing, and his love of mixing a variety of genres in his work. He also warned people to be wary of the self-deprecating British form of humour, something often …
The French prime minister has embraced a plodding style utterly dissimilar to the kinetic energy of President Emmanuel Macron and his young acolytes.
From spilling wine on Queen Elizabeth’s carpets to branding colleagues “lazy,” the new Conservative leader has an eclectic shadow Cabinet.
From splashing the cash to going for growth, here’s how Britain’s first female chancellor wants to run the economy.
Wriggling on tax and public spending promises is a big risk for Britain’s new leader soon after coming to office.
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A networking post triggered a chain of events that risks damaging a delicate relationship.
If Tay Tay comes calling, you listen.
After just a few months in office, the new British government is finding life tough.
In the summer of 2020 Britainโs then-trade secretary defied her Cabinet colleagues to secure financial support for the controversial development.
Andrew Bailey said the Bank of Englandโs only agenda is โtrying to run an institution to its maximum effectiveness.โ
The ghost of Margaret Thatcher continued to haunt the Conservatives as an irrelevant beauty pageant played out in Birmingham.
The champagne was flowing โ but are the Tories in a state of collective denial?
Freed from the burden of high office, the party went slightly mad during its annual get-together.
She’s probably not backing a candidate in the Tory leadership race, but Britain’s brief prime minister has some thoughts on the state of the country.
It marks the first time a prominent British politician has spoken about the monarch’s cause of death.
Fourteen-week leadership contest drags on, and Conservative members fear it’s leaving Labour unchallenged.
POLITICO curates a lineup of the top players influencing the Conservativesโ Brexit and trade policies.
We break down the 20 figures shaping the Conservativesโ tech policy in opposition.
The party is licking its wounds from a gargantuan defeat at the U.K.โs general election in July, and it still doesnโt have a leader. So this yearโs Conservative Party conference will be a bit different, with most eyes on the leadership debate rather than the policies the party will prioritize in opposition. Nonetheless, in financial [โฆ]
France has a new government, but it may not last long.
Liz Truss’ grand plan was “undermined by the economic establishment,” argues Liz Truss.
Despite the best efforts of party bigwigs, Britainโs annual gatherings of political animals frequently descend into chaos.
Jubilant Liberal Democrats are celebrating after years in the political wilderness โ but can it last?
Meet the leadership hopefuls vying to bring the U.K’s Conservatives back from the brink.
The former prime minister faces an up hill struggle to rehabilitate her battered reputation.
Honoring 5 years of name-calling and abuse.
NatWestโs 3.71% rate is lowest in two years and will add to momentum behind UK property market
Britain has already had its populist reckoning, in 2016. European states can take few lessons from our current calmTwo summers ago, when the Conservatives had just defenestrated Boris Johnson and were rallying around Liz Truss as his successor, there w…
Elected on a landslide two months ago, the new British PM ought to be on top of the world. Instead his glumness is beginning to grate.
New U.K. PM found old U.K. PM’s portrait โunsettlingโ and asked for it to be taken down.
Britain’s shortest serving prime minister explored ending NHS cancer treatment to find savings to stave off economic turmoil.
Complaints are already mounting about the former civil servant turned Keir Starmer chief of staff Sue Gray.
Banner reading “I crashed the economy” is unfurled in stunt by activists.
Former U.K. prime minister gives off “edgy, imperfect and confident” vibes, it has been alleged.
Keir Starmer’s just the latest prime minister to kill off his vacation plans.
The British Virgin Islands mix fun in the sun with dark money. Will the UK’s new Labour government act?
As the dust settles on days of far-right rioting, the issue seems inescapable for Britain’s new leader Keir Starmer.
Shortest-serving UK prime minister gets passed over in interviews at Goodwood Racecourse.
The U.K.’s finance minister spent all week saying Britain’s economy is broken. Then the BoE cut interest rates.
Labour, with an eye on the next election, wants voters to hear that the public finances are worse than they thought โ so blame the Tories for higher taxes.
The race to succeed Rishi Sunak as UK Conservative leader is heating up.
The Cabinet secretary is receiving treatment for a neurological condition that affects his mobility.
In Milwaukee, the battle for Donald Trump’s attention is heating up and Brits want in.
The European Political Community is gathering in Blenheim, Oxfordshire.
PM can seize moment and show how European Political Community can help shift dial away from authoritarianismKeir Starmerโs chance to introduce himself to nearly 50 European leaders in the historic surroundings of Blenheim Palace this week very nearly d…
The only way to lessen the horror of the US president’s gaffes is to have the Italian PM do a massive eye-roll.
The Conservative Party leadership contest is effectively underway โ and it’s not pretty.
Meet Rachel Reeves: the chess-playing former banker who needs to get the U.K. economy rolling.
As the U.S. and U.K. leaders are discovering, dullness can be an electoral asset. Until itโs not.
Meet the runners and riders vying to lead the Tories after the party’s worst election defeat in history.
The race to replace Rishi Sunak as leader of the Conservative Party has already begun following its devastating election defeat.
A tour of Britain’s provincial towns reveals a restless nation with no love for its political class.
Rishi Sunak played a bad hand appallingly โ and paid a terrible price.
In a brutal cull, some of the Conservative Partyโs most prominent MPs were thrown out of parliament by Brits fed up with years of chaos.ย
Elsewhere: Keir Starmer is in, Nigel Farage gets elected and SNP suffer thrashing.
Football and politics | Tactical voting | Dyslexia | Election jinx | Boris Johnson | Polling song | Note for the new chancellorThe last time England won a major football tournament was shortly after Labour had been elected with a landslide. Just a thou…
As the United Kingdom and France go to the polls in the next few days, we look at why the British public is turning left, towards Labour, at a time when Europe is turning towards far-right parties.
Thereโs a growing need for the West to seamlessly integrate military deterrence with economic warfare once more.
Britain’s prime minister is destined to failure. Does he even know why?
We can’t give you a felon and an old guy on July 4 โ but we do have a gambling scandal. And Nigel Farage.
Markets will certainly make their position known if politicking threatens to stretch public finances.
Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage walk into a bar. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.
She struggled to defeat a lettuce and now Britain’s shortest serving prime minister is fighting for her political life in her Norfolk constituency.
Everything now is just a euphemism for financial repression and austerity. That doesn’t stop politicians looking for magical alternatives.
Essex has demonstrated enduring loyalty to the Conservative Party. But in this Julyโs election, even this bastion of working-class Toryism looks imperiled.
Those who voted leave still feel ignored and marginalised. The pressure will be on for Labour to boost growth and narrow regional dividesIt is one of the oddities of this weirdest of election campaigns that the issue that helped give the Conservatives …
Trends point to an historic collapse of the Tory vote in rural, semi-rural and suburban seats, the like of which England has maybe never seen before.
Franceโs economy minister name-checked Liz Truss as he sought to warn voters of the risks of voting for RNโItโs a big deal, of course itโs a big deal,โ says Sophie Montanari, emerging from the metro at Notre Dame de Lorette in central Paris to talk abo…
Prime minister says suspects must face โfull force of lawโ if found guilty; Labour, SNP and Lib Dem leaders speak during programmeThe next question comes from Linda, who says Daveyโs antics during the election campaigns (fun photo opportunities, often …
Laura Saunders issues statement saying she may sue BBC over โinfringement of privacy rightsโ and says she is cooperating with Gambling CommissionSign up to our Election Edition daily newsletterIn case you missed this late yesterday: Conservatives are p…
Bruno Le Maire raises the specter of financial disaster for France if President Emmanuel Macron’s opponents win this month’s snap election.
Keir Starmer’s Britain will mean prisoners, teenagers and Vladimir Putin stealing from your grandma for decades. Maybe.
A fight for the soul of the Tories is about to break out between centrists and those on the right.
CAC 40 index has its worst week since March 2022 after Macronโs decision to call snap electionsFranceโs stock market is heading for its biggest weekly fall in more than two years, amid fears that the countryโs far-right party could win the upcoming par…
Keir Starmer is promising change from 14 years of Tory government. In fiscal terms, it’s not so much โ for now.
RNโs economic programme could be twice as costly as tax cuts by former UK premier Liz Truss
He also concedes the government failed to end irregular migration routes, one of its core pledges.
Reform UK thinks they can raise up to ยฃ40 billion to fund tax cuts by treating banks’ QE reserves differently.
The prime minister has apologized after leaving Normandy early to return to the election trail
Britain’s โnatural party of governmentโ is facing a defeat so dramatic it may not survive.
After the U.K. election, cooperation will be deliberately methodical, testing the waters along the way.
They’re both robotic technocrats โ but real differences were exposed in the first TV debate of the 2024 general election campaign.
They’re both robotic technocrats โ but real differences were exposed in the first TV debate of the 2024 general election campaign.
Britain’s summer election is on. Here’s your bluffer’s guide.
The prime ministerโs announcement of a July general election has stunned the country โ but what were his reasons for going to the polls now?
With inflation expected to drop, it’s not the economy any more, stupid, for Britain’s Conservatives.
Short version: He’s borrowing from the Trump playbook.
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Labour leader channels Tony Blair with moody black and white photo โ and six big post-election promises.
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John Swinney thought he’d done his bit, but was convinced to return to save his beloved Scottish National Party.
Labour is 30 points ahead of Rishi Sunak’s embattled Tories.
Conservative MPs backed down from challenging the PM and now see no escape from electoral wipeout.
Labour’s man gets re-elected to City Hall amid tensions over environmental measures and crime.
Labour wants to ‘champion’ Britain’s financial sector โ but doesn’t want to be seen as undermining independent regulators.
Trump VP contender Kristi Noem shot to infamy for killing her dog. But maybe sheโs not alone โฆ
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