Reform U.K. Wins Special Election by Six Votes, in Blow to Starmer

Reform U.K. Wins Special Election by Six Votes, in Blow to Starmer

Nigel Farage’s insurgent anti-immigration party, Reform U.K., scored a significant, if narrow, victory Friday in a parliamentary special election in the northwest of England, serving notice that Mr. Farage, a populist fixture and close ally of President Trump, is again a rising force in British politics. Reform’s candidate, Sarah Pochin, won by a razor-thin margin … Read more

Over a Dozen Conservative Party Donors Fund Britain’s Populist Reform U.K.

Over a Dozen Conservative Party Donors Fund Britain’s Populist Reform U.K.

Nigel Farage’s insurgent Reform U.K. party has attracted more than a dozen donors from Britain’s once dominant Conservative Party, new data reveals, underlining the threat the Tories face from a right-wing populist party that models itself on President Trump’s MAGA movement. In total, Reform U.K. raised 4.75 million pounds ($6.1 million) last year, a sharp … Read more

Europe Races to Repair a Split Between the U.S. and Ukraine

Europe Races to Repair a Split Between the U.S. and Ukraine

European leaders scrambled on Sunday to salvage Ukraine’s relationship with the United States, after a bitter rupture last week between President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump. They pledged to assemble a European “coalition of the willing” to develop a plan for ending Ukraine’s war with Russia, which they hope could win the backing of a … Read more