Max Colchester
U.K. Politics and National Security Correspondent at The Wall Street Journal
Britain Correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. Covering Politics, National Security and of course Royalty. A tad French.
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1 day ago |
tovima.com | David Luhnow |Max Colchester
Farage’s Reform UK is soaring in the polls—and doing better at the ballot box—as voters lose patience with slow economic growth and high immigrationA year ago, Britain’s populist politician Nigel Farage wasn’t sure whether he would even run for Parliament in a coming national election after failing seven previous times to win a seat.
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1 day ago |
jp.wsj.com | Bertrand Benoit |Max Colchester
ドイツと英国では、数十年にわたり与党を担ってきた政党が極右に押されている 欧州では極右ポピュリストが保守政党の優位を脅かし、戦後最大規模のうねりとなって政界再編を迫っている。中道右派は生き残りをかけた模索が続く。 ドイツでは、2013年に結成された極右政党「ドイツのための選択肢（AfD）」が初めて一部の世論調査で支持率トップとなり、これまで20年近く政治を動かしてきた中道右派が守勢に立たされている。英国では保守党が昨年の総選挙で労働党に敗れ、いまや右派勢力にも抜かれかねない状況となっている。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナル日本版今すぐ購読する Special Advertising Section アクセスランキング
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2 days ago |
wsj.com | Max Colchester |Bertrand Benoit
Millions of people poured into the country legally, creating a populist backlash that is threatening established partiesLONDON—Britain’s government set out plans to limit legal migration into the country, saying that a record influx of foreigners since Brexit had done little to energize the economy. When Britain quit the European Union four years ago, it put in place a new migration system designed as a break with the bloc’s open-borders policy.
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5 days ago |
wsj.com | Bertrand Benoit |Max Colchester
In Germany and the U.K., parties that have held sway for decades are being overtaken by the far rightFar-right populists are threatening to eclipse Europe’s once-powerful conservative parties, in one of the biggest political realignments since the end of World War II. The continent’s center-right is now searching for a survival strategy.
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6 days ago |
fnlondon.com | Natalie Andrews |Max Colchester
U.S. and U.K. Unveil Framework for Trade DealPresident Trump lauds agreement as first with major trading partner since he imposed blanket tariffs on countries worldwide Updated May 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM ET WASHINGTON—President Trump said Thursday his administration and the U.K. agreed to the outlines of a deal on trade, the first in what the White House hopes will be a series of agreements in the wake of U.S. tariffs imposed on allies and adversaries alike.
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Europe's center right faces an existential threat from populist upstart parties and it has no idea what to do. One of the biggest political realignments since WWII is underway. With @BBWSJ https://t.co/Yjd50C1VCP
Starmer was watching the Arsenal v PSG match when Trump called him to announce that there was going to be a deal on US tariffs. Clearly this came together very quickly…
RT @wartranslated: Trump and Zelenskyy face-to-face today in the Vatican. https://t.co/gfXJQzIAZh