Conservative U.K.

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Five More Years of Tory Government: What Fresh Hell Is This?

Roisin Davis / Truthdig May 9, 2015 Now free to pursue a radical agenda, David Cameron will lead Britain even further down the murky path of austerity, privatization, increased surveillance and jingoism. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

British Elections

Patrick Chappatte, International New York Times May 9, 2015 Dig deeper

U.K. Election Results: Tories Trounce Labour to Win Five Years of Conservative Rule

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 8, 2015 Prime Minister David Cameron will lead a majority conservative government unchecked by centrist constraints. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

John Cleese Gives Yanks the Lowdown on the U.K. Elections

Staff / Truthdig May 8, 2015 Confused about the Tories? And who's this Miliband guy, anyway? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Why We Should Care About the Upcoming U.K. Elections

William Pfaff / Truthdig May 6, 2015 The British general election may prove as significant for Europe, and even for the United States, as for Britain itself. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Modern Politicians Bewilder Us Into Submission by Treating Reality Like Conceptual Art

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 5, 2015 From Putin's Russia to Cameron's United Kingdom to Obama's United States, information has become increasingly baffling and contradictory -- which helps if you're an oligarch trying to rob the public blind. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Twitter Mirth Erupts After Fox’s Steve Emerson Reveals ‘No-Go’ Zone for Non-Muslims in U.K.

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 13, 2015 Steve Emerson, a major figure in the Islamophobic network, delivered himself of the most remarkable set of weird conspiracy theories on Fox Cable News in which he claimed there were extensive Muslim no-go zones in Europe that amounted to a stealth caliphate ruled by Shariah enforcers. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Purr-Gate’ Earns British PM David Cameron the Wrong Kind of Hashtag (Video)

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Sep 24, 2014 British Prime Minister David Cameron was scarcely able to bask in the toasty glow of his empire's victory after Scotland's vote to stay in the U.K. before he found himself caught up in a PR disaster involving the queen of said empire, a hot mic and cat noises. Most unfortunate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A 91-Year-Old Man Gives Incredibly Moving Speech on the Importance of Universal Health Care

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Sep 24, 2014 Speaking at the United Kingdom's Labour Party conference Wednesday in what seems like poetic verse, the nearly century-old Harry Smith recalls his youth in the tenements of England, the "desperation of poverty" and the horrors of life before the National Health Service was implemented, all of which inspired him to vote for the first time. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Top 5 Reasons 45 Percent of Scots Wanted to Leave the Right-Wing U.K.

Juan Cole / Truthdig Sep 20, 2014 The U.S. media coverage of the Scottish referendum is oddly lacking in any reference to actual politics. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

John Oliver: England Has Been a ‘Little Bit of a Dick’ to Scotland

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Sep 15, 2014 Sunday, four days away from the Scottish independence vote, the Englishman and "Last Week Tonight" host begged Scotland to stay in the United Kingdom in a way only the comedian could. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )