Brexit

UK Reform party leader Nigel Farage defeats main opponent Count Binface to return to parliament

Farage, one of Britain's leading Brexit campaigners, in a highly unusual move, did not turn up at the vote count in the southern English seaside resort of Clacton.

Britain's Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage visits The Ship, on the day of voting in the Clacton by-election, triggered by his own resignation, in Kirby Le Soken, Essex, Britain, August 13, 2026.
Britain's Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage speaks during a post-budget press conference in London, Britain, November 26, 2025.

'Angriest-ever' Farage quits UK parliament in protest, but will stand for re-election

BRITISH PM Keir Starmer announces his resignation on Monday. With a seventh prime minister set to enter 10 Downing Street in less than a decade, something is obviously wrong in His Majesty’s realm.

Middle Israel: Starmer’s exit highlights instability in British politics - opinion

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives an update on the situation in the Middle East at Downing Street Briefing Room, in London, Britain, March 5, 2026.

Keir Starmer vows to fight on despite Labour’s heavy losses in local elections


EU nations agree Brexit delay until Jan. 31 as PM Johnson seeks election

The EU27 has agreed that it will accept the UK's request for a Brexit 'flextension' until 31 January 2020," European Council President Donald Tusk said in a tweet.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes questions during a news conference at the European Union leaders summit dominated by Brexit, in Brussels, Belgium October 17, 2019

British Jews prefer no-deal Brexit over Corbyn-led government - survey

In a survey ahead of the Brexit referendum in 2016, half of British Jews were in favor of remaining in the EU, while only slightly over a third said they supported Brexit.

BRITAIN’S OPPOSITION Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home in London yesterday.

Your taxes: Brexit tax lessons for the Middle East

Brexit, Ireland and taxes.

A pro-Brexit protester holds a banner as anti-Brexit protesters demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament, ahead of a vote on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal, in London, Britain, January 15, 2019.

Boris Johnson calls for Dec 12 election to break Brexit deadlock

"This parliament has refused to take decisions. It cannot refuse to let the voters replace it with a new parliament that can make decisions," he wrote to Corbyn.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes questions during a news conference at the European Union leaders summit dominated by Brexit, in Brussels, Belgium October 17, 2019

Letters to the Editor October 23, 2019: Circling the wagons

No fewer than eight articles in today’s Jerusalem Post (October 22) are devoted to or mention antisemitism. One gets the impression that the entire Jewish world is going up in flames.

Letters

Euro stocks rise before Brexit vote

E-Mini futures for the S&P 500 ESc1, up 0.13%, pointed to a higher opening on Wall Street.

Euro (illustrative)

Brexit in the balance as Johnson faces crunch votes

As the clock ticks down to the latest Oct. 31 deadline for Britain's departure, Brexit is hanging in the balance as a divided parliament debates when, how and even whether it should happen.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes questions during a news conference at the European Union leaders summit dominated by Brexit, in Brussels, Belgium October 17, 2019

Meet Oliver Letwin, the Jewish MK who derailed Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans

Letwin's parents were Jewish-American conservative intellectuals who were at the center of a "salon" in Kent Terrace, London, whose attendees included Isaiah Berlin and Milton Friedman.

Independent MP Oliver Letwin is pictured at Whitehall, after parliament discussed Brexit, sitting on a Saturday for the first time since the 1982 Falklands War, in London, Britain, October 19, 2019.

Johnson defiant after British parliament votes to force Brexit delay

The move by parliament increases the chances that Brexit will be delayed.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at Downing Street in London, Britain, October 3, 2019

Brexit day of reckoning: UK Prime Minister Johnson battles further delay

More than three years since the United Kingdom voted 52-48% to leave the European project, Johnson sought parliament's approval for the divorce treaty he struck in Brussels on Thursday.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes questions during a news conference at the European Union leaders summit dominated by Brexit, in Brussels, Belgium October 17, 2019