UK Elections

Norway PM worried by Musk involvement in domestic politics outside of US

Elon Musk faces criticism for meddling in foreign politics, warning of the dangers of his vast influence from both Norway and Germany.

JANUARY 6, 2025|ByREUTERS

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk speaks as Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. president Donald Trump reacts during a rally at the site of the July assassination attempt against Trump, in Butler, Pennsylvania, US, October 5, 2024.

NEWLY ELECTED BRITISH MPs gather in the House of Commons Chamber for a group photo in London, last week. For one bloc of voters, a foreign war 3,000 miles away was more important than all the usual domestic concerns, the writer says.

Despite landslide victory, there may be trouble ahead for UK government - opinion

Despite Starmer’s largely successful efforts to disempower the hard Left within his party to make it electable after the Corbyn years, a sizeable rump of pro-Corbynites remains.

JULY 16, 2024|ByNEVILLE TELLER

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a state memorial ceremony for victims of terror, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, May 13, 2024.

Bibi, it’s time! - opinion

Voter dissatisfaction in the UK ousted the Conservatives, while Netanyahu's political maneuvers keep him in power.

JULY 8, 2024|ByROMY LEIBLER/THE MEDIA LINE

BRITAIN’S PRIME MINISTER Sir Keir Starmer chairs the first meeting of his cabinet at 10 Downing Street on Saturday.

Two Labour victories: One in Israel and one across the Pond - opinion

Though the party’s glorious electoral victory has certainly raised the spirits of the British Left, the economic, social, and political inheritance the Labour Party has received is complicated.

JULY 8, 2024|BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

Lancaster House Accords: What Britain owes Zimbabwe

JUNE 21, 2015ByKEN SIBANDA

UK vote: The anti-Semitism that could have been

When a Jewish leader, Benjamin Disraeli, was previously at the heart of an election campaign in Britain, it provided an occasion for an unprecedented and far-reaching brand of anti-Semitism.

MAY 19, 2015ByTAL BUENOS

A MAN leaves the Conservative Party convention last month in the UK.

Media Comment: The media and elections — Britain and Israel

This past week’s election in England and that in Israel two months ago beg the comparison of what role the media played in each campaign.

MAY 13, 2015ByYISRAEL MEDAD, ELI POLLAK

British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) greets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at 10 Downing Street in London

British PM Cameron to meet Queen Elizabeth after winning election

Forecasts show an overall majority for the Conservatives of 328 seats in the 650 seat House of Commons, a result beyond the party's most optimistic forecasts, and their fist majority since 1992.

MAY 8, 2015ByREUTERS