The aftermath of the United Kingdom’s general election has seen the country plunge into political crisis. Her “strong and stable” aura and hard-earned reputation for competence irreparably shattered, Theresa May is barely managing to hang on as prime minister with help from Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party. And larger problems loom: Brexit negotiations with the European Union are due to start in a week, and the political chaos has forestalled the emergence of a widespread consensus around what negotiating position Britain should take ...
The aftermath of the United Kingdom’s general election has seen the country plunge into political crisis. Her “strong and stable” aura and hard-earned reputation for competence irreparably shattered, Theresa May is barely managing to hang on as prime minister with help from Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party. And...
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I have argued that Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s recusal from the so-called Russia investigation was a mistake. The attorney general’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on...
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