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End of Blair Era in UK: Corbyn’s Left-Wing Policies win at Ballot Box

TeleSur | - - Labour leader's former foes give credit to his campaign platform. His years of being considered an outsider who didn't understand the British electorate now appear to be behind…

UK hung Parliament: Is Trumpism pushing Europe Left?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - As of very early Friday morning, it looks as though the election in the UK has produced a hung parliament, with the Conservative…

How Trump Used the London Attacks to Further His Agenda (Cole Rising Up Interview)

Rising Up with Sonali | Sonali Kolhatkar | (Audio and Video Interview) | "Just days before the UK elections, US president Donald Trump has wielded his Twitter account as a weapon once…

London Mayor Sadiq Khan uninvites Trump as opposed to Humane British Values

By Juan Cole | (informed Comment) | - - Trump's shameful and out of context attacks on Sadiq Khan, the popular mayor of London, have only reminded us of what a boor…

How Trump should have responded to London Attacks if he were Normal

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald J. Trump 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue/ Mar-a-Lago Florida (Golf Course) Dear Prime Minister May and Mayor Khan: I was devastated to learn that…

The Jeremy Corbyn response to Trump, May and Terror you won’t see on Corporate News

Jeremy Corbyn | (Video Clip) | - - Jeremy Corbyn | Terrorist Attack in London | criticism of May and Trump

Terror and Geopolitics: Manchester 2017 and 1996

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Manchester, UK, was hit with the deadliest bomb attack on Monday since a June Saturday morning in 1996, when a massive 3000 lb.…

UK: Labour’s Corbyn Says Could Halt Syria Airstrikes If Elected

TeleSur | - - Corbyn also said he would have to consider whether he would authorize a drone strike against the leader of Islamic State group to limit civilian deaths. The leader…

Speaker of British House of Commons: Trump not Welcome Here

TeleSur | - - "An address by a foreign leader to both houses of parliament is not an automatic right; it is an earned honor," Bercow concluded. The speaker of the United…

60 Years later, Suez Crisis looks a lot like Iraq War

By Nigel Ashton | (The Conversation) | - - Does history repeat itself? Never perfectly or precisely, but some of the parallels between Anthony Eden’s handling of the 1956 Suez Crisis and…

Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Must End, Says UK Parliament Report

TeleSur | - - Two parliamentary committees said it was likely Saudi Arabia used U.K. weapons to target civilians, but Tory lawmakers blocked a vote on suspending sales. Sales of British weapons…

Int’l Criminal Court Won’t Investigate Blair but Might Prosecute Soldiers

TeleSur | - - The Hague says it is not in its mandate to prosecue Blair, but may use the long-awaited Chilcot report to prosecute British soldiers for malfeasance. With the long-anticipated…

The Greater Middle East Reacts to British Exit from EU

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The oil-rich Gulf Cooperation countries may see additional buying opportunities in the British market after Brexit. BBC Monitoring reports: "Political analyst for regional…

The Middle East Dimension of Brexit

Middle East Eye | (Video News Report) | Brexit will affect Syrian and other Refugees at Calais, intelligence sharing on ISIL, and Palestine-Israel diplomacy among other pressing issues. " Middle East Eye:…

Why did UK leaving European Union hit your Retirement Account so Hard?

By Andre Spicer | (The Conversation) | - - Despite reassurances that we shouldn’t listen to the experts, the financial markets have gone and behaved almost exactly as the experts predicted. Following…

Did Trump-Style Islamophobia break up the European Union?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In a historic referendum, the United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union. The motivations were complex, including a lack of trust…

Britain votes to leave the EU, what happens next?

By Gavin Barrett | (The Conversation) | - - Britain [is leaving] the EU. This is having an immediate effect on markets. It will have immediate political ramifications too. David Cameron will,…

Is Brexit Really About Keeping Muslims Out?

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | - - "The UK is about to vote on whether to stay in or leave the European Union." AJ+: " Is Brexit Really About Keeping Muslims…

Panama Papers: Snowden Calls on the UK to Demand Prime Minister Cameron’s Resignation

TeleSur | - - Snowden's call comes after Cameron was implicated in the Panama Papers leak that exposed the offshore dealings of international elites and their fortunes. Edward Snowden called on the…

Bush Lapdog Blair can’t Even Apologize Correctly for Destabilizing the Middle East

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Former British PM Tony Blair reiterated on Sunday some of his previous half-hearted "apologies" for illegally launching a war of aggression on Iraq…