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The defeat of the Conservative Party in the UK election ends Rishi Sunak’s two-year premiership. Does it also sour the story of Britain’s first Asian prime minister, asks Sunder Katwala.
Problems mount in U.K. as Sunak hits 100th day as prime minister U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has angry unions to the left of him, anxious Conservative Party lawmakers to the right and, in the ...
England’s first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole (at left, with sash), circa 1730. To be Prime Minister, you must first become a member of Parliament, specifically the House of Commons.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivered his first speech in the Parliament. He takked about leaving the European Union by the October 31 deadline and unleashing a "new golden age for the ...
From the party’s exit from the Liberal-Conservative coalition in 1922 until the rise of Tony Blair, every Conservative Party leader also became prime minister. One reason to believe that the first ...
Rishi Sunak becoming the first British Asian Prime Minister tells “an important story of how Britain has changed over three generations,” says Sunder Katwala, who shares how this is reflected ...