So, Britain’s latest prime minister lasted just 44 days. Yup, that was it — less than the lifespan of a mosquito. It’s the time David Blaine spent starving himself in a glass box overlooking London’s Tower Bridge. Some people have…
As the dust settles after a week of speculation as to who will succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister, the choices have now narrowed down to former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. The announcement…
Ever since U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation on July 7 amid waves of scandals and resignations, the question of who will succeed him has swirled. Conservative candidate Tom Tugendhat describes the contentious election as “a battle of…
Boris has gone. He really has. The biggest personality in postwar British politics, bigger even than Churchill, has been brought down. His many opponents are jubilant, his many supporters distraught. Boris, as befits someone of such incredible charisma (he was…
I’ve never been to Vietnam. But I reckon Madrid looked like Vietnam in the ’70s. Not because of the bombs but because of the noise of helicopters flying overhead and the flashes from police sirens and official cars during an…
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a serious setback to his government when two of his cabinet ministers resigned on Tuesday. Treasury chief Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid chose to leave Johnson’s government minutes apart from each other…
Washington — I see that President Calvin Coolidge is in the news, along with his sidekick Warren Gamaliel Harding. Warren was a mediocrity’s mediocrity and was long held to be the worst president of modern times. That was until Jimmy…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson surprised the world Saturday with a secret visit to war-torn Kyiv. The trip went public after a tweet from the Ukrainian embassy in London surfaced with a photo of the two leaders in Kyiv, followed…
London — The parallels between American and British politics make many Brits nervous — especially when it comes to brash Prime Minister Boris Johnson and boastful former President Donald Trump. As I spent the week in the U.K., Labour and conservative…
You know the theory. It supposes that if you put a frog in a pot of boiling water it will jump out. But if you start at a low temperature and gradually heat the water, the frog will sit there…