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The grandiose promises Johnson makes to survive, Paul Mason writes, rely on a state like those … in the European Union. Paul Mason* Boris Johnson has survived, but only just. The 148 Conservative MPs who voted no confidence in the prime minister on June 6th represented 41 per cent of …

If the Conservatives are to be defeated at the next Westminster election, Labour must back a coalition alternative.     Frances Foley* It’s the open secret of politics in the United Kingdom: its next government will likely involve more than one party. And recently, for the first time progressive party leaders were reported by …

The Conservative Party used to be famed for its pragmatic retention of power, Paul Mason writes. It’s lost that muscle memory. Paul Mason* Meltdown’ was the word Britain’s newspapers reached for as Boris Johnson’s administration fell apart at the end of last week. As a metaphor, it’s accurate. In a literal nuclear …

Despite petrol shortages and empty shelves, Labour is adrift—and Johnson may press the Northern Ireland protocol nuclear button. Paul Mason* At my local petrol station, a cadre of young men have suddenly appeared, in high-visibility jackets, to instruct car drivers in the fine art of the jammed-nose-to-tail refill. Each pump …

Labour’s electoral debacle, Paul Mason writes, epitomises European social democracy’s coalition-building challenge. It just doesn’t see it that way. Paul Mason* In British politics, the proverbial penny has finally dropped. With Labour’s abject defeat in the Hartlepool by-election, the party’s loss of council seats in working-class areas—not just to the Conservatives but to the …

‘Brexit’ stemmed from the takeover of the Tory party by its Eurosceptic fringe, whose prejudices will now collide with reality. Kirsty Hughes As 2021 begins, the European Union and the United Kingdom have a new relationship, underpinned by their trade and co-operation agreement. This fracture, damages and complicates economic, political …

London – Times of Egypt  The British conservative party has a won landslide general election, by securing 365 seats of out 650 seats in the House o0f Commons. The 80 seats majority is considered the largest number of seats the party won since 1987. “I say thank you for the …

With the UK facing one of the most important elections in decades, the focus should be on the clear programmatic differences between the main parties, rather than weekly polling outcomes. Lea Ypi * If I were to give unsolicited advice to media pundits preparing to comment on the upcoming general …

The solidly bourgeois Financial Times fears Labour could come to power with a potentially post-capitalist programme. Paul Mason   Thanks to the hubristic incompetence of the new UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, we could be about to see the first major economy in the developed world ruled by a party, or parties, …

London- Times of Egypt   British Prime minister Theresa May announced her resignation earlier today in Downing Street, London. May will resign from the Conservative party leadership on June 7, and would continue as Prime minister until a successor selected to take office. “ I am today announcing that I …