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* ![U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson Speaks At The British Chambers Of Commerce Annual Conference 2017](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt34f88f24a4559618/6988dc4fe76ad2e55762f031/gettyimages-646174868.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 4, 2017  
### [George Osborne on Theresa May, a Soft Brexit and Trump Visit](https://time.com/4926444/george-osborne-theresa-may-brexit/)  
The former Chancellor of the Exchequer-turned-newspaper editor on why delivering Brexit is "a lot tr...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![BELGIUM-BRITAIN-EU-BREXIT](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5419e76ad984dc13/6988d60d656a3f7c70bd0dd3/gettyimages-815883502.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 24, 2017  
### [In Britain, a Softer Brexit Is Beginning to Seem Inevitable](https://time.com/4871123/britain-softer-brexit-theresa-may/)  
While some say it might not even happen at all  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![theresa-may-london-fire-scene](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaed81bf9760109f2/6988d218cf40a807fec482a1/theresa-may-london-fire-scene.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 16, 2017  
### [London Fire Is Theresa May's 'Hurricane Katrina' Moment](https://time.com/4821556/grenfell-tower-fire-theresa-may-hurricane-katrina/)  
"Theresa May has failed to judge and failed to feel the scale of this disaster"  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![U.K. Prime Minister And Leader Of The Conservative Party Theresa May Reaction Following The Results Of General Election](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71b106ff20033a8d/6988d112196cf426c4040869/theresa-may3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 9, 2017  
### [How Long Can Theresa May Hold On as Prime Minister?](https://time.com/4812481/prime-minister-theresa-may-resignation-countdown/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![theresa-may-britain-elections-loses](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4ffc610e0e2a0c9/6988d0fcab6d775bfe6ae7c1/theresa-may-britain-elections-loses1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 9, 2017  
### [The 6 Big Takeaways from the U.K. Election](https://time.com/4812403/uk-election-theresa-may-takeaways/)  
A political collapse for the record books  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![BRITAIN-POLITICS-VOTE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ff5dd8469bd3ed6/6988d0d6bc6cfc8d903e1bfd/corbyn-and-may.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 8, 2017  
### [Hung Parliament Confirmed in U.K. Election](https://time.com/4811172/uk-election-2017-theresa-may-jeremy-corbyn-results/)  
It's an extraordinary failure for May and her Conservative Party  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![BRITAIN-POLITICS-VOTE-LABOUR](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8636e055d70bccf2/6988d0a97cdbacc41fd58aaf/jeremy-corbyn.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 7, 2017  
### [How Labour's Jeremy Corbyn Can Win by Losing the U.K. Election](https://time.com/4809394/british-election-2017-labour-party-jeremy-corbyn/)  
Corbyn's fervent supporters will say he has done enough to merit a second chance  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Theresa May Resumes The Conservative Party Election Campaign](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt423131a07053177e/6988d07497cdfff0556b10d6/theresa-may1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 6, 2017  
### [Theresa May Offers a Limp Rebuke After Trump's Tirade at London Mayor](https://time.com/4807532/theresa-may-sadiq-khan-donald-trump-london-mayor/)  
"She should not stay silent when somebody tries to give an undeserved victory to terrorists"  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Theresa May Resumes The Conservative Party Election Campaign](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a1225439d73fd57/6988d0240a4a2211a09ce75a/gettyimages-692498726.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 5, 2017  
### [Theresa May Wants to Regulate Cyberspace After the London Attack. Will the World Follow?](https://time.com/4805645/theresa-may-london-attack-internet/)  
National security now dominates the General Election campaign  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![G7 Leaders Meet In Sicily](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9fa1b011881380f6/6988cf9097cdff2b5a6b0f19/theresa-may2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 31, 2017  
### [How Theresa May Blew a Huge Lead in the U.K. Election](https://time.com/4799519/britain-conservative-party-theresa-may-election-landslide/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![BRITAIN-ATTACK-TRUMP](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3a5f0831ccf004a/6988cedd656a3f5498bd0287/170525_theresa-may-leaks.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 25, 2017  
### [British Lawmakers Rage at the U.S. Over Leaks](https://time.com/4793828/britain-manchester-attack-leaks-counter-terrorism/)  
Members of parliament tell TIME they know the alliance has to remain strong, in spite of leaks  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Theresa May Announces A General Election](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb05b6e4af282f567/6988c3858fd2eee614356aa2/theresa-may-downing-street-general-election.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 19, 2017  
### [Even Theresa May's Own Lawmakers Had No Idea About the UK's Snap Election](https://time.com/4745985/theresa-may-conservative-party-snap-election/)  
In the two hours before May's bombshell announcement, Conservative Party MPs were as clueless as any...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![APTOPIX Britain Brexit](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7093bad94e46fc56/6988c06fa988ca4ca56bb82f/brexit.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 29, 2017  
### [42 Questions About Brexit That Need Answering](https://time.com/4699743/brexit-theresa-may-questions-unanswered/)  
Here are just some of the hundreds of unanswered questions about what Brexit will mean to Britain  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![BRITAIN-POLITICS-PARLIAMENT-ATTACK](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltade2abe6b9575380/6988bfaf656a3fa7c0bcf43c/london-house-of-parliament.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 23, 2017  
### [London Attack Highlights Parliament's Security](https://time.com/4711752/london-attack-parliament-khalid-masood-isis/)  
The attack highlighted the area's security flaws  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Husam Zomlot is sworn-in in front of President Mahmoud Abbas as head of the PLO General Delegation to the United States on March 7 \(Usama Falah-WAFA\)](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb77a693e181de3ac/6988bd850a4a22f85b9cd364/zomlot.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 8, 2017  
### [Palestinian Envoy to U.S. Ready for Trump's 'Ultimate' Deal](https://time.com/4694856/husam-zomlot-palestinian-donald-trump-envoy-peace-deal/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)

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