On June 23, 2016, 52% of Brits voted in favor of leaving the European Union. Since this referendum, the United Kingdom has had four different Prime Ministers: David Cameron, Theresa…
When Boris Johnson resigned as Prime Minister after a multitude of controversies, including a poor economic situation in the United Kingdom, the race to succeed him began within the Conservative…
Picture taken from Mirror.co.uk, July 2020. Originally from Channel4. “Naked Attraction” is the most forward-thinking show on television, at least in the United Kingdom. Hosted by Anna Richardson, “Naked Attraction”…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson giving his Unleashing Britain’s Potential Speech. PHOTO: European Pressphoto Agency. Photo courtesy of BBC. If there was ever a question that the U.S. and U.K. are…
When Ursula von der Leyen, the incoming president of the European Commission, first announced her list of proposed commissioners in September, it did not include a British commissioner. She and her commission were scheduled to take office on November 1st, and the UK was scheduled to officially leave the EU on October 31st, so it didn’t seem necessary to appoint a British commissioner who would never serve.
The US House of Representatives and Senate are as rife with bitter partisan division as any governmental system that exists in the world, yet decorum is sacrosanct. Members will politely address the chair to be recognized and are acknowledged with a sober, scripted response often read to the chair by the parliamentarian. The House of Commons in UK’s Parliament, however, is a different story.
An article recently came out in Bloomberg News about former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s legacy in India and other colonized countries. Known as a great leader, orator, and realist,…