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The painstakingly negotiated Northern Ireland Protocol was the linchpin of the Brexit deal signed by Britain and the European Union last year. So Tuesday’s statement from a British minister that his government is ready to break international law “in ...

In his absence, Boris Johnson’s British Government has mainly followed the lockdown strategy that was determined before the Prime Minister was infected with Covid-19. Many are hoping that he will soon return to work and change course; that he’ll cel...

The Britain-European Union trade talks have not started officially, but both sides are testing out negotiating lines. Britain is already colouring some of them red, setting up a fight this year that will encompass the three Fs: fish, financial servic...

Is there anything short of a major external shock — or a polling meltdown — that could knock Boris Johnson’s Conservatives off course for a comfortable UK parliamentary majority next Thursday? On the face of it, an upset seems unlikely. The Tories ar...

Revelations about Boris Johnson’s personal life, when they periodically emerge, have tended mainly to serve as tabloid fodder for a few days and then flame out. Two recent allegations, however, could prove much harder for the Prime Minister to simply...

Boris Johnson’s entire Brexit strategy has rested on the assumption that Britain’s unwritten constitution gives him the right to drive a cart and horses through parliamentary process and convention. Yesterday’s British Supreme Court decision blew a h...

If the gridlocked British Parliament had suddenly come to a united Brexit stance on Monday, it would probably have been dismissed as an April Fool’s gag anyway. Of course, no such thing happened. Monday night’s parliamentary vote saw lawmakers choosi...

Here we go again: Britain’s Parliament is debating Brexit and Prime Minister Theresa May is playing for more time as various factions try to influence the endgame. Her goal is to deliver her divorce deal without dividing her party. So what’s new? For...

We may never find out whether some of the players in the 2016 Australian Open are guilty of throwing matches. The governing bodies of tennis deny allegations that they have ignored widespread match-fixing. But the self-immolation of cycling, football...