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 )

Rap Compilation of Conservative Speeches Is the Only U.K. Election Message You Need

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Apr 4, 2015 The United Kingdom is holding elections in May, and while David Cameron, Nigel Farage and their classist, racist cronies are out to convince the public to vote for them with sugar-coated messages, the British comedy duo Cassetteboy knows what they're really peddling. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scotland’s About to Vote on Its Independence, Not That America’s Noticed

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Sep 11, 2014 The U.S. government and media haven't really weighed in on the Sept. 18 Scottish independence vote, despite the fact that some polls are showing that a majority of Scots will vote yes. And yes, this would have "serious policy ramifications" for America, according to The Guardian's Nicky Woolf. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

First Muslim in U.K. Cabinet Resigns Over Gaza Policy

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Aug 5, 2014 Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Top Obama Aide Who Runs Pro-Clinton Super PAC Shills for Conservatives on the Side

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig May 28, 2014 Jim Messina helped get Barack Obama elected and, if given half a chance, he'll do the same for Hillary Clinton. So what is he doing in the U.K. trying to keep Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron in power? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

British Socialist MP Tony Benn Dies at 88

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 15, 2014 The Labour parliamentarian was a leader who seemed too good to be true for everyone in the bottom 90 percent of the economy in Britain and everywhere else. Here is a collection of statements made by and about him.The Labour parliamentarian seemed too good to be true for everyone in the bottom 90 percent of the economy in Britain and everywhere else. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

My Father, Thatcher’s ‘Enemy Within’

By David James Apr 17, 2013 I couldn't face the "state" funeral of Margaret Thatcher on Wednesday, not after such a short time since the death of my dad, who was for the first half of his long and hardworking life a South Wales coal miner deep "down the pit" in Cwmgrach, and one of the "enemies within," as the former prime minister put it.I couldn't face the "state" funeral of Margaret Thatcher on Wednesday, not after such a short time since the death of my dad, a South Wales coal miner and one of the former prime minister's "enemies within." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

What Margaret Thatcher Really Meant to England and the World

Joe Conason / Truthdig Apr 11, 2013 Amid all the suffocating claptrap celebrating Margaret Thatcher in the media, only the British themselves seem able to provide a refreshing hit of brisk reality. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

EU Rejects Aggressive Cut in Carbon Emissions

Staff / Truthdig Jul 5, 2011 On Tuesday, conservative British representatives led the European Parliament to reject a 30 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2020 in a preliminary vote stirred by claims that such a sharp decrease taken out of step with other nations would drive businesses out of EU countries. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

British Election Mania

Staff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2010 Gordon Brown has announced that the UK will hold elections May 6 A few weeks ago it was a near certainty that Conservatives would win the day, but a few polls show Labour surprisingly close to holding on to power For the first time, the three major party leaders will debate each other live on telly (continued). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Secret Tape Shows Tory Gay-Bashing

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2010 A secretly made tape has brought the right-leaning Tory party of the U.K. into a row over gay rights, as the shadow home secretary, Chris Grayling, was caught saying that he believed that bed-and-breakfast owners should "have the right" to reject homosexual couples from lodging. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )