BRITAIN ELECTIONS
UK Elections 2024: Conservative Rishi Sunak or Labour's Keir Starmer for PM?, Britain to go to polls
Britain's political leaders made a frantic push for votes late Wednesday in the last hours of an election campaign expected to return a Labour government after 14 years of Conservative rule. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak insisted in a closing speech to ...
UK Parliament: From Sam Carling to Nadia Whittome, Britain's Gen Z MPs get sworn in
The UK Parliament welcomed this week an influx of Generation Z lawmakers, a cohort comprising individuals born between approximately 1995 and 2012. Nine of the ten new Gen Z MPs represent the Labour Party, including the first lawmakers born in the 2000s. British lawm...
'Moment for Britain to choose its future', PM Rishi Sunak declares July 4 as UK election date: AP explains
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday set July 4 as the date for a national election that will determine who governs the U.K., choosing a day of good economic news to urge voters to give his governing Conservatives another chance. “No...
US President Joe Biden hails Rishi Sunak, says Sunak election 'groundbreaking milestone'
US President Joe Biden called the impending UK premiership of Rishi Sunak a "groundbreaking milestone". But, like most other world leaders, Biden is still getting used to the Indian-descent Sunak's name. He called him "Rashi", a full vowel off Sunak's actual fir...
UK PM Boris Johnson congratulates Joe Biden on election win
Britain and the United States will work together to support democracy and combat climate change, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sunday, while denying that his close ties to President Donald Trump would hurt U.K.-U.S relations once President-elect Joe Biden takes office. Johnson c...
UK Elections: Britain goes to snap polls
Britain votes for a new Parliament and government Thursday after a campaign of three phases: the sleepy election, the surprising election and the security election.UK Elections: Britain goes to snap polls
UK Elections: Britain goes to snap polls
Britain votes for a new Parliament and government Thursday after a campaign of three phases: the sleepy election, the surprising election and the security election.UK Elections: Britain goes to snap polls
I will now form new govt, says Theresa May
Theresa May has confirmed she plans to stay on as Britain's prime minister to provide certainty to the country, with support from Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party. (AP)I will now form new govt, says Theresa May
UK Parliament votes in favour of early polls
British lawmakers overwhelmingly backed Prime Minister Theresa May's call for a snap election, paving the way for a June vote she hopes will give her a "mandate to complete Brexit". The House of Commons voted by 522 to 13 to hold a general election on June 8 -- plunging Britain back into political uncerta
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