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A fierce critic of the Left, Badenoch made history by becoming the first black woman to lead a British political party, and she has a plan to reverse the Conservative Party's fortunes

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Will the Cameron strategy work in UK politics?

The appointment of David Cameron as Foreign Secretary caught the entire British political press corps off guard

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Italy Polls Open, Right-Wing Alliance Expected to Win

Polls opened in Italy on Sunday in an election that is forecast to return the country's most right-wing government since World War Two and also herald its first woman prime minister. Voting began…

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Boris Johnson illustrated by Jeannette Khouri

Boris Johnson: The Conservative PM’s Future is at Stake

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a lover of ancient Greek and Latin literature and history, is often fascinated by the fall of the Roman Empire but his government is now threatened by a similar…

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