Frank Langfitt, NPR: U.K. Election: Voters Hope To Decide Brexit's Fate And Their Country's Future
Voters in the United Kingdom head to the polls Thursday for a crucial election that could determine the country's future, and how and when it will break off from the European Union.
This will be the fifth major vote in the country in less than five years — including two previous general elections, European Parliament elections and the Brexit referendum — a sign of how chaotic British politics have become.
The stakes are high, voters are weary and the two main candidates for prime minister are especially polarizing.
Here are some key details to understand before Thursday's vote.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 11, 2019
General election 2019: 10 things you need to know about the campaign -- Emma Harrison, BBC News
How Corbyn and Johnson differ on key foreign policy issues -- Thomas Raines, Al Jazeera
Brexit looming, UK decides between Tories and Labour -- Barbara Wesel, DW
5 Infuriating Takeaways From 'Afghanistan Papers' -- Barbara Boland, American Conservative
A Deal With the Taliban May Be Inevitable -- Christoph Reuter, Der Spiegel
What Does Beijing Want from the Pacific Islands? -- J. Michael Cole, ChinaFile
China Sought World Bank Funding for Xinjiang Surveillance -- Allen-Ebrahimian, Axios
Another Reckoning Coming for Buenos Aires -- Stratfor
Enemies Past And Present? How The NATO Summit Looked In Russia -- Pavel Tarasenko and Sergey Strokanj, World Crunch/KOMMERSANT
As U.S. House impeachment looms, Senate, Trump grapple over next moves -- Reuters
2019 Person of the Year: Greta Thunberg -- Time
2 comments:
Start another war Europe
Rooting for Boris, but gave up on the Briton years ago. Bent on national suicide to the point of indifference.
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