As warm spring weather and effusions of greenery spread across our disordered continent, Americans are understandably mesmerized by the widening chaos, unresolved conflict and bottomless corruption of ...

A year ago, Britain’s populist politician Nigel Farage wasn’t sure whether he would even run for Parliament in a coming national election after failing seven previous times to win a seat. The ...

Two extraordinary things happened in Downham Market at the general election last year. One is that Liz Truss lost the seat of South West Norfolk, the first former prime minister to be ousted since ...

The Britain section is looking for a new political correspondent. The brief will be to write about British politics in the broadest sense, including leading our coverage on elections, assessing the ...

Under the new rules, people granted asylum would have to wait 20 years, rather than the current five, before applying for permanent residency. By Mark Landler Reporting from London Britain rolled out ...