On Friday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: USA TODAY National Correspondent Will Carless discusses recent violent outbursts in Britain, and whether they could move stateside. The Gaza death toll passes 40,000. USA TODAY Domestic Security Correspondent Josh Meyer puts the hack of former President Donald Trump’s campaign in context. The vice presidential debate is set. Five people have been...
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ANALYSIS | Nigel Farage looks to Canada — and the 1993 Conservative wipeout — for inspiration in U.K. election campaign | CBC News
Rural Alberta may be a continent away from the faded British seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea, but Nigel Farage believes both places will be remembered for starting political revolutions. Already a familiar face to Britons, Farage has injected some drama into an otherwise staid British general election that the Labour Party under leader Keir Starmer appears well...
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Former UK leader Liz Truss backs Trump and blames others for her ouster after 49 days
LONDON: During her 49 days as Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister, Liz Truss sparked mayhem on the financial markets and turmoil within her Conservative Party. Now she is speaking up, and her message is: It wasn’t me. In interviews and a new book, Truss robustly defends her economic record, blaming the “deep state,” “technocrats,” “the establishment,”...