“The crisis of British democracy is finally here,” thunders Commentary’s Seth Mandel. Last Wednesday, “the opposition Scottish National Party put up a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in ...

Editorial: Britain’s political upheaval reflects what happens when large portions of the public feel disconnected from those governing them.

“I am determined to show that traditional democratic British values are the only way to deliver the change that working people need — that is my political project in a nutshell. And there can be ...

The decision by Tony Blair's government to join the United States-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 dramatically demonstrated the weakness of the United Kingdom parliament's ability to hold the ...

Voters in the United Kingdom head to the polls on July 4 for the country’s first general election since 2019. Ahead of the election, Britons see the state of the UK in relatively bleak terms. No major ...

Is AV too little and far too late? OurKingdom has been debating in great detail the various pros, cons and mathematics of numerous voting systems, House of Lords reforms, the West Lothian question, ...

LONDON — Russia’s intelligence services targeted high-profile British politicians, civil servants and journalists with cyberespionage and “malicious cyberactivity” as part of sustained attempts to ...

The seismic power that drives an earthquake takes a while to build; and the longer it builds, the bigger the ultimate jolt. Such is the logic behind the political earthquake that has just struck the ...

Paul Holden, The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney, and the Crisis of British Democracy. New York: OR Books, 2025. 534pp. $26 More than a half century ago, Ralph Miliband’s Parliamentary Socialism ...

A figure in a silver cape and a huge cylindrical helmet stands in front of a field of nettles in North Yorkshire. In the near distance is a market town, nestled beneath a Norman castle keep. Speaking ...

The U.K. on Thursday accused Russia of targeting politicians, civil servants and journalists in a years-long "campaign of malicious cyber activity" intended to undermine British democracy. Britain's ...

A week after the NATO summit in Washington, there is another gathering of leaders. This time, it's the European Political Community (EPC) summit -- a powwow that brings together leaders from pretty ...