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B ritain is, in general, ruled by the Conservative Party for a simple reason: small-“c” conservative voters unite behind one ...

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Britain’s election took place while we were publishing this week’s edition. In 2019 Labour limped to its worst result in almost a century; Boris Johnson won a victory that was meant to keep him in ...

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SIR KEIR STARMER will today become Britain’s new prime minister, having led the Labour Party to a sweeping general-election victory after 14 years in opposition. Sir Keir asked the electorate for a ...

The Labour Party’s landslide victory in the British general election on July 4th was expected, but it is nonetheless momentous. In 2019 Labour limped to its worst result in almost a century; Boris ...

Thai health care is among the most effective in the world. The average Thai can expect to live to 80, much longer than their ...

Layered on top of this is politicians’ renewed fondness for running up big debts. As the world has discovered, wars, ...

WITH VOTING now over in Britain, widespread predictions of an electoral earthquake appear to have been right. According to an exit poll conducted for the country’s main broadcasters, published at 10pm ...

Its main breakwater is visible from a plane at 6,000 metres (20,000 feet), a hook jutting into the Pacific from Peru’s tawny coastal desert. In November, if all goes to plan, President Xi Jinping of ...

There is another option. Mr Biden should withdraw from the campaign. That way, the election might refresh the body politic.