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Labour's Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer (L) and Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, Rebecca Long-Bailey (C), leaves after a Brexit meeting at the cabinet office in London on April 9, 2019. (Getty)

The Leftist-Centrist Divide in Britain’s Labor Party

The beginning of 2019 seemed bleak for the Conservative Party. Having faced three defeats in parliament over her deal Theresa May was left with no option but to resign at the end of March. Soon after…

Ali El Shamy 11 January 2020

Jeremy Corbyn: From ‘Unelectable’ to ‘Corbynmania, and Back Again?

A fixture of British politics for four decades, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was born in Wiltshire in 1949. His father David, an electrical engineer and mother Naomi, a maths teacher, were…

Al Majalla - London 22 November 2019

Johnson Hopes to End Political Stalemate before Christmas

The next UK general election is only a month away, and all major parties across the country have kick-started their campaigns. In these extraordinary times, we have already witnessed extraordinary…

Ali El Shamy 08 November 2019

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Darnford Farm in Banchory near Aberdeen on September 6, 2019 in Aberdeen, Scotland. (Getty)

Boris Johnson’s Options are Bleak

Boris Johnson has racked up a new record by losing yet another major vote in parliament on Monday evening, over his second bid to dissolve parliament and hold an early general election on October 15…

Yasmine El-Geressi and Ali El Shamy 13 September 2019

Ukrainian comic actor and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy seen speaking during a press conference in Kiev. (Getty)

A New Era in Politics

It was long believed that politicians who utilized their cults of personality were authoritarian autocrats, such as Hugo Chavez of Venezuela or Mao Zedong of China. However, in recent years we have…

Ali El Shamy 05 April 2019

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