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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 370

2019 British election

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (center right) and opposition Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn walk through the Commons Members Lobby during the state opening of Parliament, in London, December 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool)
December 29, 2019, 4:18 pm
UK Labour ex-lawmakers say anti-Semitism among reasons for election failure
Former MPs call for Corbyn’s ouster, decry left-wing party’s ‘repeated unwillingness to stand up to the stain of anti-Semitism’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) and Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn during the State Opening of Parliament at the Houses of Parliament in London on December 19, 2019. (HANNAH MCKAY/POOL/AFP)
December 20, 2019, 2:26 am
UK PM Boris Johnson pledges to move forward with anti-BDS law
Newly reelected premier says measure will stop local councils developing ‘their own pseudo-foreign policy against a country which with nauseating frequency turns out to be Israel’
By ToI Staff
In this March 21, 2019 file photo, British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, right, and Keir Starmer, Labour Shadow Brexit secretary, leave EU headquarters prior to an EU summit in Brussels. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
December 18, 2019, 3:50 pm
UK Labour figures begin jostling to take over party from Corbyn
After crushing loss to Conservatives last week, fresh faces come forward as candidates to rehabilitate battered faction; Blair slams Corbyn’s ‘hostility to Western foreign policy’
By AP
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to supporters on a visit to meet newly elected Conservative party MP for Sedgefield, Paul Howell, at Sedgefield Cricket Club in County Durham, northeast England on December 14, 2019, following his Conservative party's general election victory. (Lindsey Parnaby / POOL / AFP)
December 16, 2019, 5:10 pm
After big win, UK’s Johnson to quickly get ball rolling on Brexit
Conservative Party leader to meet with 109 newly elected colleagues Monday, many of whom came from traditional Labour areas, before embarking on bid to finalize divorce from Europe
By Gregory Katz and DANICA KIRKA
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, welcomes Israel's then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside Downing Street in London, September 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
December 16, 2019, 9:09 am
Boris Johnson set to move forward with anti-BDS law
UK Conservative party vowed last month to enact legislation banning local councils from boycotting products from foreign countries, including Israel
By ToI Staff and Agencies
British politician Michael Gove. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
December 15, 2019, 5:04 pm
Top UK minister says Conservative party probing anti-Semitism allegations
While acknowledging that new investigations are ’cause for concern,’ Michael Gove says he ‘cannot pass judgement until independent investigation has concluded’
By ToI Staff
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's Labour Party, right, with former Labour MP Alan Johnson, at an event in London on April 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
December 15, 2019, 4:09 pm
Former UK Labour minister calls on Corbyn to resign immediately
After election bloodbath, senior party member Alan Johnson brands far-left leader a ‘weak, self-regarding, pious man incapable of leadership,’ says adulation went to his head
By ToI Staff
A view of Corbyn Road in Dudley, UK. (Google Maps)
December 15, 2019, 11:24 am
After historic Labour loss, UK town looks to rename Corbyn Road
‘When you think Corbyn you think of racism and failure,’ one resident of the former Labour stronghold says, with renaming bid floated as attempt to stop house prices falling
By ToI Staff
Leader of Britain's main opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home in north London, Saturday Dec. 14, 2019. (Isabel Infantes/PA via AP)
December 15, 2019, 6:10 am
Corbyn blames Brexit, media for Labour clobbering, doesn’t mention anti-Semitism
While taking some responsibility, UK party leader says opposition needs better strategy against ‘billionaire-owned and influenced’ media; says hard-line agenda ‘won the arguments’
By ToI Staff
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures after pulling a pint with newly elected Conservative party MP for Sedgefield, Paul Howell, at Sedgefield Cricket Club in County Durham, north east England on December 14, 2019, following his Conservative party's general election victory. (Photo by Lindsey Parnaby / POOL / AFP)
December 14, 2019, 1:58 pm
Johnson takes victory lap in traditional Labour areas that powered crushing win
In northern England, PM promises to repay voters’ trust, as Corbyn feels further heat from inside his party over drubbing at the polls
By Mike Corder and Jill Lawless
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves after addressing the media outside 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. Johnson's Conservative Party won a thumping majority of seats in Britain's Parliament.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
December 13, 2019, 8:14 pm
After massive election win, Johnson urges UK to ‘let the healing begin’
British PM says he’ll respect the ‘warm feelings’ of voters who want to stay in the EU, but vows to go through with Brexit and ‘put an end to all that nonsense’
By Jill Lawless, DANICA KIRKA and Mike Corder
Illustrative: UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis gives a speech as he attends a Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony at Central Hall Westminster, on January 27, 2015. (AP/Chris Jackson)
December 13, 2019, 4:57 pm
UK chief rabbi: Election is over but concerns over anti-Semitism, racism remain
Board of Deputies of British Jews says ‘history will not look kindly’ on Corbyn’s leadership; Jewish Labour Movement blames his ‘moral and political failures’ for stunning defeat
By ToI Staff
Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson is greeted by staff as he arrives back at 10 Downing Street in central London on December 13, 2019, following an audience with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, where she invited him to become prime minister and form a new government. (Stefan Rousseau/POOL/AFP)
December 13, 2019, 2:57 pm
Path to a softer Brexit? UK PM’s big win gives him leeway
Boris Johnson’s election victory is just the beginning, as he must now decide how much to preserve of the trade relationship with the EU
By Alice Ritchie and Robin MILLARD
Former London mayor Ken Livingstone. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)
December 13, 2019, 8:14 am
Former London mayor Livingstone blames Labour defeat on ‘unhelpful Jewish vote’
Ex-MP, who was suspended from party over anti-Semitism and then quit, says Corbyn should have tackled issue earlier, should ‘resign tomorrow’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks during the declaration of his seat in the 2019 general election in Islington, London, December 13, 2019. (AP/Alberto Pezzali)
December 13, 2019, 6:18 am
Corbyn says he will resign by next election after Labour nose-dive
Hard-left leader resists calls for his immediate ouster, blaming poor results on Brexit and media, as critics contend that he himself made party unpalatable
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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