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Britain's Tories have been in power for a long time and incumbents generally get a midterm beating. So, of course, Boris Johnson is expecting a slapdown in local government elections tomorrow. There are plenty of reasons for voters to deliver one. Hi...

Bermuda and Britain share a history of “pride and shame”, the island’s new Deputy Governor said as he was sworn in to the post. Tom Oppenheim, whose previous diplomatic postings included Moscow, insisted he wanted to uphold the Constitution as he was...

The Acting Premier of the British Virgin Island has called for reforms short of direct UK rule of the territory in the wake of a tumultuous week for the British Overseas Territory that saw the arrest of its Premier on drug charges. The statement yest...

The British Virgin Islands is likely to come under direct rule from London after a corruption investigation called for the suspension of its constitution and the dissolution of the territory’s government. John Rankin, Governor of the British Overseas...

A Bermudian sailor who saw action in the Falklands war has spoken of his experiences 40 years after the conflict. Danny Little, from St David’s, was just 15 when he left home for England to join the Royal Navy in 1971. A little more than ten years la...

The commanding officers of British Overseas Territories’ military units from around the world have joined forces for the first time to create strength in numbers. A total of six military officers, coordinated by Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Beasley, t...

A few weeks ago, Rishi Sunak was the heir apparent to a faltering prime minister: a safe pair of hands in a bungle-prone Cabinet and a clean slate in a scandal-stained party. Today, he is clinging by his fingertips to his job as Chancellor of the Ex...

A man has been found guilty of the murder of the British MP who chaired Westminster’s political group focusing on Bermuda. Conservative MP Sir David Amess was killed last October as he held an open-house surgery for people in his constituency in Esse...

Bermuda’s marriage equality controversy is expected to feature in a debate in the UK’s House of Commons. Crispin Blunt, a Conservative backbencher, has secured a parliamentary slot for a discussion of LGBT rights in Britain’s Overseas Territories. Mr...

The Overseas Territories are united in their support of sanctions against Russia, according to the UK Overseas Territory Association. Washington Misick, Premier of the Turks and Caicos and president of the Political Council of UKOTA, said that the te...

Bermudians are to become eligible for student loans in England - even if they have never lived there. The UK government announced that students from some British Overseas Territories – including Bermuda – will be eligible for tuition fee loans for un...

A constitutional clash with the UK over cannabis legalisation could be avoided if the drug was removed from the list of controlled substances, a lawyer says