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KYIV — Barely six months after his landslide victory in July, Keir Starmer has been hammered in the polls, beaten up by the financial markets and faced demands from the world’s richest man to be jailed. Swapping the political battles of Westminster for an actual warzone this week, the British prime minister found inspiration in the resolve of the Ukrainian people, and his stoical host, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In an exclusive interview with POLITICO, Starmer scotched speculation about an early election, stating clearly that the next one won’t come before mid-2029. And he declared that he intends to win it and...

Dominic Cummings reveals the shocking, but not unexpected truth about the UK political system being controlled by the Deep State. In this must-watch video, Bev Turner explores how corporate corruption, global elites like Bill Gates, and powerful financial institutions like BlackRock are manipulating UK politics behind the scenes. Is democracy just an illusion? Find out how the Deep State impacts government decisions and why it’s time to question the system.

The Prime Minister will meet former US president Donald Trump later. It will be the first time Sir Keir Starmer has met the Republican candidate for US president. Sir Keir is in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, but will make time to meet Trump at his New York base - Trump Tower. The prime minister said it was “good” he had the opportunity to meet the Republican presidential nominee and that it was “really to establish a relationship between the two of us”. Speaking ahead of their meeting, Mr Trump said of the PM: "I actually think...

HANDLOVA, Slovakia, May 15 (Reuters) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and wounded in the abdomen after a government meeting on Wednesday, Slovak media reported. A Reuters witness heard several shots fired after the meeting in Handlova northeast of the capital Bratislava. Police detained a man and security officials pushed someone into a car and drove off, the witness said. Slovak news agency TASR quoted parliamentary vice-chairman Lubos Blaha as saying Fico had been shot and hurt. Broadcaster TA3 reported four shots were fired, one hitting Fico, 59, in the abdomen. Emergency services said a helicopter had been...

For as much and as long as I have been hammering away at the fascist lunatics in Scotland, I have also been watching my other ancestral homeland in abject horror, descending into what can only be described as an authoritarian hellscape. Again, orchestrated by people voted into power by citizens, yes. Again - as with Scottish First Minister Yousaf - the son of an immigrant (Varadkar's father is Indian) who became a politician of globalist aspirations and vision who was elevated to the premier office in his small country. Varadkar has spent the past years of his time in office...

"The United Kingdom is a great country but we face a profound economic crisis. "The choice our Party makes now will decide whether the next generation of British people will have more opportunities than the last. "That's why I am standing to be your new Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party. I want to fix our economy, unite our Party and deliver for our country. "I served as your Chancellor, helping to steer our economy through the toughest of times. "The challenges we face now are even greater. But the opportunities - if we make the right choice...

Britain's next prime minister Liz Truss had a smaller margin of victory on Monday (Sept 6) than any of her predecessors, suggesting she might have to work hard to heal a governing party deeply divided and lagging in opinion polls. After a bitter contest, Truss won 57 per cent of the votes from Conservative Party members compared to 43per cent for her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, a margin that although comfortable was not as overwhelming as some polls suggested. It was the narrowest victory since Conservative members were given a say on who to elect as their party...

Liz Truss will be the new UK prime minister after defeating Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership contest It was a closer result than many pundits expected, with Truss taking 57% of valid votes cast

London -- British-Indian prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak on Wednesday pledged a crackdown on Islamist extremism, the UK's most “significant terror threat”, with a widened government definition of extremism and strengthening existing terrorism legislation. The 42-year-old former Chancellor, who is seen closing the gap with opponent Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in the race to 10 Downing Street, also vowed to weed out organisations that promote extremism in the UK and refocus the “failing”. Prevent programme, a government tool intended to tackle Islamist extremism. “There is no more important duty for a Prime Minister than keeping our country and our people...

The foreign secretary has opened up a commanding lead over the former Chancellor as the long campaign gets underway Yesterday, Conservative MPs voted to send both Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss through to the final stage of the party’s leadership contest. One of them will now be selected to replace Boris Johnson by the party membership in a ballot running from 4 August until early September. Earlier this week, our figures suggested that Truss would beat Sunak in a hypothetical head-to-head by 19 points. Now, with the final two announced and the summer campaign just beginning, a new YouGov poll...

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced that he will resign after protesters stormed his palace and set the prime minister's house on fire. BBC reported that prime minister and the president were not in the buildings. Thousands gathered at the capital for a giant protest during which the called on the president to resign following what they defined as "mismanagement of the economic crisis". According to the report, the president will step down on 13 July and the prime minister as well has agreed to resign. .....

Live coverage of the transition. May is meeting with The Queen to hand in her resignation. The Queen will then summon Johnson and ask him to form the next government. He Will then go to his new residence and start announcing cabinet appointments.

With the messy Brexit process having doomed British Prime Minister Theresa May’s leadership, the person most likely to take over for her, fulfilling his lifelong ambition, is Boris Johnson, the former British foreign secretary whom President Donald Trump calls a friend. Johnson is a favorite both among Conservative members of Parliament—and the bookmakers—to succeed May, whose government he quit last year in protest over her Brexit plans. The upper-class former London mayor, a leading Brexiteer, is to his fans an eccentric, affable character who embodies the essence of British identity. To his critics, Johnson is a shameless, malleable, and gaffe-prone...

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım refuted President Erdoğan’s “We are going to conduct an expedition into Qandil with Iran” comments. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had said, “We are going to conduct an expedition into Qandil with Iran” after Iranian Chief of Staff Major General Muhammed Bakirî’s visit to Turkey, but Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım refuted the claim. YILDIRIM: “WE HAVE NO SUCH DECISION” Yıldırım answered journalists’ questions on the plane back from his Vietnam visit and said the following on the transfrontier operation into Qandil in cooperation with Iran: “Iran made an announcement on this issue, they say they...

Just a few weeks ago, it seemed almost certain that Prime Minister, Theresa May would be returned to Parliament with an increased majority and that the Labour Party would be on the Brink of collapse. However, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn seems to be defying the odds and narrowing the poll gap faster than anyone thought possible. Previously, it was OK to ignore his somewhat colourful past, and his less than appetizing current crop of political associates, but as the election looms closer, many in the UK are worried that Corbyn may actually be within striking distance of the top spot....

MK Ahmed Tibi (Arab Joint List) said that if the idea of a two-state solution is shelved, he himself will be Prime Minister of the resulting one state. In an interview with CNN, Tibi addressed the declarations of Netanyahu and Trump at their joint press briefing and said that, should a “one-state solution” be decided upon, he intends to run for Prime Minister against Netanyahu. Tibi said that he had no doubt that he would win against Netanyahu, since all Palestinians would vote for him - as would some Israelis. The significance of such a vote, he said, would be...

1:00PM THE PRESIDENT holds joint press conference with Theresa May, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

<p>New Zealand Prime Minister John Key abruptly resigned on Monday.</p>

BORIS Johnson has landed the plum job of Foreign Secretary in new Prime Minister Theresa May’s Cabinet. The chief Brexiteer arrived at Downing Street to be awarded the role as one of Mrs May’s first acts in Downing Street. Philip Hammond, a chief ally of the new PM, has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer after George Osborne resigned, and Amber Rudd has just been told she will be the new Home Secretary, with Michael Fallon staying on as Defence Secretary. And David Davis takes on a new role as Brexit Minister, and will be in charge of Britain’s negotiations...

No surprise, but for the record the deed is done. May is the 13th Prime Minister of the Queen's reign. Extensive coverage at the link