Andrew McDonald

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Political Reporter at POLITICO Europe

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Articles

The Art of Selling the Deal

5 days ago | politico.eu | Andrew McDonald

Presented by Google By ANDREW MCDONALD with BETHANY DAWSON PRESENTED BY Good Friday morning. This is Andrew McDonald.
It’s a deal!

6 days ago | politico.eu | Andrew McDonald

Presented by Google By ANDREW MCDONALD with BETHANY DAWSON PRESENTED BY Good Thursday morning. This is Andrew McDonald.
Britain’s battered Tories ask if they still have further to fall

1 week ago | politico.eu | Stefan Boscia |Andrew McDonald

LONDON — Swathes of the British public took their first proper look at the Conservative Party under Kemi Badenoch’s leadership on Thursday night. The verdict? That their punishment must be more severe. After crashing to its worst-ever defeat in the last year’s general election, the Tories have now suffered another electoral battering. The party was squeezed from left and right in the latest round of local elections, wiped out in areas where they reigned supreme just four years ago.
Centrists of all lands, unite!

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Andrew McDonald

Presented by Google By ANDREW MCDONALD with NOAH KEATE PRESENTED BY WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING: Canadian broadcasters called the country’s election for Mark Carney’s Liberals, completing the mother of all political comebacks for the centrist party sparked by the former Bank of England boss’s tough approach to Donald Trump. Get your results and analysis on POLITICO’s Canada hub here. Carney fix it? The returning PM gave his victory speech in the last hour saying the world has “fundamentally...
Let’s get ready to grumble

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Andrew McDonald

Presented by Google By ANDREW MCDONALD with BETHANY DAWSON PRESENTED BY Good Monday morning. This is Andrew McDonald.
An Easter treat

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Andrew McDonald

Presented by Goldman Sachs By ANDREW MCDONALD with BETHANY DAWSON PRESENTED BY Good (Good) Friday morning. This is Andrew McDonald.
Awaiting the orange smoke

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Andrew McDonald

Good Thursday morning. This is Andrew McDonald. ART OF THE ALMOST DONE DEAL: Keir Starmer may well be closing in on his much-craved economic deal with the U.S. — if you believe the increasingly loud noises emanating from both sides of the Atlantic this week (thanks, JD). And some of Britain’s newspapers are starting to boldly put their money where their mouths are on the timeline.
UK Supreme Court rules ‘woman’ means biological female

4 weeks ago | politico.eu | Annabelle Dickson |Andrew McDonald

The long-running legal challenge was brought by the For Women Scotland campaign group — who argue sex is biological, binary and can’t be changed — against the Scottish government. The case dates back to 2018 when the Scottish administration, led by then-First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, passed legislation to establish gender quotas to get more women serving on public boards.
What is a woman?

4 weeks ago | politico.eu | Andrew McDonald

Good Wednesday morning. This is Andrew McDonald. DAY IN COURT: The U.K.’s Supreme Court will hand down a judgment this morning with sharp ramifications for the future of equalities policy in Britain. Mid-holiday Keir Starmer is likely to want to talk about the thorny, culture war-mired issue as little as possible.
Gospel of John

1 month ago | politico.eu | Andrew McDonald

NEWS JUST IN: U.K. GDP rose by 0.5 percent in February and grew in “all main sectors,” the latest monthly growth figures from the ONS show, after zero growth in January (revised up from a 0.1 percent slump). A response from Chancellor Rachel Reeves will be out shortly, while Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith will be on the Today program from 7.50 a.m. to respond for the Tories. Good Friday morning. This is Andrew McDonald.