Great Britain Withdrawal from EU (Brexit)
Biden’s Goals on Northern Ireland Present Challenges for Sunak
LONDON — When Prime Minister Rishi Sunak held his first meeting with President Biden, in Indonesia last November, he made Mr. Biden a welcome pledge: Britain would settle a trade dispute with the European Union over Northern Ireland by April, the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. That is the landmark peace accord that […]
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Prime Minister Liz Truss Pivots From Queen’s Funeral to U.K.’s Crises
LONDON — The flowers have been cleared. Union Jacks no longer fly at half-staff. Ads have replaced Queen Elizabeth II’s image on bus shelters. A day after burying their revered monarch, Britons returned to normal life on Tuesday to confront a torrent of pressing problems they had set aside in 10 days of mourning. Hours […]
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Prime Minister Race in Britain Remains Unsettled in Wake of Johnson’s Downfall
Not only did Ms. Mordaunt urge Britons to vote for Brexit, but she also played a minor, though memorable, part in the campaign by warning that Turkish migrants would flock to Britain when their own country joined the European Union, something she claimed Britain would be unable to block. The statement was erroneous: Britain, like […]
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Boris Johnson May Be Fading Out, but Not the Divisions He Stoked
LONDON — The swift, stinging downfall of Boris Johnson this past week removes a uniquely polarizing figure from British politics. But it does not remove the divisive issues that Mr. Johnson confronted — and in many cases, exploited — as he engineered Britain’s departure from the European Union two and a half years ago. Mr. […]
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How Boris Johnson Was Forced Out, and What Happens Next
LONDON — One of his predecessors described him as a “greased piglet”: a man who could slip out of any tight situation. And despite a damaging scandal involving parties during Britain’s coronavirus lockdown that brought him a fine and a stinging official report, Prime Minister Boris Johnson might have expected to be in a strong […]
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In Northern Ireland, Brexit and Legislation Revive Old Challenges
DERRY, Northern Ireland — Few cities are as caught between hope and history as Derry, the birthplace of the modern Troubles but also the backdrop for “Derry Girls,” the exuberant, wildly popular British TV series that chronicles the lives of five teenagers as that bloody period was drawing to an end in the 1990s. Now, […]
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Stagflation and Recession Warnings Plague U.K. Businesses
In the struggle against soaring prices, Sean Hughes has been willing to try anything to keep costs down at his gastropub, Dylans at The Kings Arms. That includes adding some less traditional fare among favorites like prime rib and Scotch eggs. The latest: confit beef tongue. His diners, in St. Albans, a relatively wealthy commuter […]
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In Risky Move, U.K. Says It May Scrap Northern Ireland Trade Rules
LONDON — Britain served notice on Tuesday that it may unilaterally scrap some of the rules that govern trade with Northern Ireland, a highly political move that sets Britain on a collision course with the European Union, 18 months after a trade deal that was meant to have doused the last fires of Brexit. Under […]
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Sinn Fein Poised to Make Historic Gains in Northern Ireland Elections
CARRICKFERGUS, Northern Ireland — The sun was setting over the tidy, red brick homes in a Protestant neighborhood outside Belfast when two candidates for Northern Ireland’s legislature came to knock on doors on a recent evening. It might as well have been setting on the pro-unionist dreams of the residents. “It’s changed times now,” said […]
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