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A would-be challenger to the unpopular Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer may soon be elected as a Member of Parliament. AFP/Reuters/Al Majalla

Britain's next leader could be made in little-known Makerfield

In a constituency just outside Manchester, voters could soon elect a challenger to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, but this is Brexit territory, as the nationalist Reform party of Nigel Farage knows.

Bryn Haworth 30 May 2026
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UK chancellor aims to strike a balance with her 2025 budget

Policymakers' main worry ahead of Rachel Reeves' announcements this week centred on the reaction of the bond markets. So far, they have received a cautious welcome.

Bassam Mahfouz 27 November 2025
Riot police face protestors in Bristol, southern England, on August 3, 2024. Justin Tallis/AFP

The UK is in the grip of nationwide rioting over illegal immigrants

After three children were killed, false reports on social media said the killer was a Muslim asylum seeker who had arrived on a small boat. Incensed, Britons have taken to the streets, bricks in-hand

Con Coughlin 06 August 2024
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UK local polls: Labour and Tories bleed support from their respective bases

Labour's support is down by eight points since last year because of its support for Israel's war on Gaza, and Conservative voters are increasingly switching to the right-wing Reform party

Con Coughlin 11 May 2024
A soldier on board a tank looks out over an Egyptian street during the Suez Crisis Getty Images

There's a lesson in the 1956 Suez Crisis as Gaza war rages on

Biden can learn important lessons from how Eisenhower handled the 1956 Suez war, argues Syrian historian Sami Moubayed

Sami Moubayed 18 November 2023
Newly appointed Foreign Secretary David Cameron walks outside 10 Downing Street

David Cameron: The veteran UK politician granted a new lease of life

Braverman got her wish and was duly sacked. But If the Conservatives lose the next election, she will be a shoo-in for the leadership of her defeated party.

Bryn Haworth 16 November 2023
Britain's King Charles III (C), flanked by Rwanda's president Paul Kagame (C-L), Secretary General of the Commonwealth Patricia Scotland (C-L) and Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (2nd C-R) in Commonwealth group picture. AFP

Charles III’s Commonwealth stands on shaky ground

It is unclear if Charles has the charm and respect to bind the club of nations together in the way his mother did. With Britain lacking the global power it once had, it is hard to see the organisation

Christopher Phillips 19 May 2023
Home Secretary Suella Braverman speaks in the House of Commons, London, on the Illegal Migration Bill, Tuesday March 7, 2023. AP

Are British immigrants becoming vessels for racism?

As Braverman has been busily characterising 'migrants' as invaders, the political scene in Britain has been steadily becoming more multicultural

Bryn Haworth 13 April 2023
Britain's King Charles III, 2nd right, talks with soldiers during his visit at the 130th German-British Pioneer Bridge Battalion military unit in Finowfurt, eastern Germany, on Thursday, March 30, 2023. AP

King Charles Germany visit a soft power victory

The British monarch gave a consummate speech, funny and moving by turns, the very essence of soft power, and the Bundestag loved it

Bryn Haworth 06 April 2023

Two British novels that poignantly depict the Syrian tragedy

Although the Syrian plight has been widely written on by Arab authors, these powerful works struggle to reach a global audience unlike their Western peers

Haitham Hussein 01 April 2023
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The Houthis: the final battle?

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Regional and global players have begun to realise that the threat posed by the Yemeni militant group requires comprehensive and decisive action

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Finding an effective strategy to combat Iran and its 'axis'

03 August 2026

Regional states have come to the realisation that fighting 'axis' members individually will have little effect, and any tactical success will likely be short-lived

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Al Majalla looks at potential new export routes that big oil producers can use to offset Iran's control over key regional waterways

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Iraq’s armed factions are still three steps ahead of Baghdad

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Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has vowed to dissolve armed groups by the end of September, but this is highly unlikely. Al Majalla explains why.

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