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John Prescott: Former UK deputy prime minister John Prescott dies at 86
Former UK deputy prime minister John Prescott dies at 86 (Picture credit: Reuters) John Prescott, the former deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom (UK)…
UK appoints former PM Blair’s top aide to lead talks on control of Chagos Islands
LONDON: Britain appointed former Prime Minister Tony Blair‘s chief of staff on Friday to negotiate ownership of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, which…
Ex-PM Blair lays out ‘advice’ to Britain’s new leader
LONDON: Former Labour prime minister Tony Blair made an early intervention in British politics on Sunday after Keir Starmer‘s landslide election victory, urging him to…
Boris Johnson makes surprise late move to avert Tory wipeout
Boris Johnson made an unexpected campaign appearance on Tuesday night to urge Conservative voters to deny Labour a landslide victory at the UK general election,…
UK PM Rishi Sunak may lose his seat, Conservative Party heading for wipeout: Polls
Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party is heading for an electoral wipeout in the UK general election on July 4, according to three major polls on Wednesday,…
Tories face 1997 wipe-out in next UK election: YouGov poll
LONDON: Conservatives face a wipe-out worse than the one in 1997 when Tony Blair rose to power, according to the latest YouGov poll in the…
What is Hizb ut-Tahrir, the Islamist body declared a terrorist group by UK
NEW DELHI: Britain has declared global Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir as a proscribed terrorist group, making it a criminal offence to belong to what it…
Sunaks: Rishi Sunak’s approval ratings negative for first time as PM
LONDON: Rishi Sunak’s approval ratings among Conservative members have sunk to their lowest level since he became UK prime minister.For the first time since he…
Ireland: Bill Clinton, Tony Blair to mark Northern Ireland peace milestone
BELFAST: Former US President Bill Clinton and past leaders of the UK and Ireland are gathering in Belfast on Monday, 25 years after their charm,…
Blair: Former UK prime minister Tony Blair: Putin can’t use Iraq as justification for Ukraine
LONDON: Former UK prime minister Tony Blair is by turns pensive and defiant as he reflects on the upcoming anniversaries of two events that arguably…