United Kingdom

Politics

Like in U.S., 'Isolationist' Now Used As Lazy Slur in U.K.

Matthew Feeney | 4.24.2014 11:15 AM

Culture

David Cameron Was Right When He Called the U.K. a 'Christian Country'

Matthew Feeney | 4.23.2014 3:10 PM

United Kingdom

David Axelrod Hired to Make a Socialist the U.K.'s Next Prime Minister

Matthew Feeney | 4.18.2014 11:12 AM

Politics

British Diplomat Silenced After Winning E.U. Exit Prize

Matthew Feeney | 4.11.2014 11:54 AM

Politics

The British Political Map Needs to Be Redrawn

Matthew Feeney | 4.9.2014 4:04 PM

Politics

Britain's Dream of an E.U. Exit is Slowly Turning Into Nightmarish Reality

Wednesday's debate highlights the significance of euroskepticism in British politics

Alex Stevenson | 4.5.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Farage Beats Clegg in Second Debate on U.K.—E.U. Relationship

Matthew Feeney | 4.3.2014 9:21 AM

Politics

Leader of U.K. Independence Party Praises Putin

Matthew Feeney | 3.31.2014 4:25 PM

Politics

E.U. Debate Highlights Why Libertarians Shouldn't Support the U.K. Independence Party

Matthew Feeney | 3.27.2014 12:18 PM

Politics

British Conservative Group Urging Cameron To Drop Migration Target

Matthew Feeney | 3.25.2014 2:05 PM

Politics

David Cameron Wants Fan of 'Rules-Based Anarchy' Back in Parliament

Matthew Feeney | 3.21.2014 4:15 PM

Policy

Free Speech Not So Free on BBC Free Speech Show

Matthew Feeney | 3.19.2014 12:35 PM

Politics

David Cameron Outlines Proposed Changes to UK-EU Relationship

Matthew Feeney | 3.17.2014 4:25 PM

Politics

Tony Benn: a Socialist I Liked

Matthew Feeney | 3.14.2014 11:05 AM

Policy

Friday A/V Club: That Time Thomas the Tank Engine Was a Scab

The most right-wing project any Beatle was ever involved with

Jesse Walker | 3.14.2014 10:29 AM

Politics

Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage To Debate UK's Membership of the EU

Matthew Feeney | 3.5.2014 12:35 PM

World

Porn-Filter Policymaker Arrested on Kiddie-Porn Charges

The arrest of Patrick Rock.

Jesse Walker | 3.4.2014 12:25 PM

Nanny State

Fines Don't Stop Parents From Putting Family Ahead of School—And Good For Them

J.D. Tuccille | 3.3.2014 11:50 AM

Civil Liberties

British Agents Have Seen Your Penis

The latest surveillance revelation has the UK's spy agency collecting images from Yahoo web chats.

Scott Shackford | 2.27.2014 10:05 AM

Civil Liberties

Snowden "Humbled" After Being Elected Rector of Glasgow University

Symbolic vote

Reason Staff | 2.19.2014 7:30 PM

Politics

UN Security Council Vote on Syria Humanitarian Resolution Could Take Place This Week

Russia doesn't want diplomats to "politicize" the issue

Reason Staff | 2.19.2014 4:50 PM

Policy

British Court: Detention of Glenn Greenwald's Partner Was Legal

David Miranda was held for nine hours at Heathrow Airport last August

Reason Staff | 2.19.2014 1:50 PM

Politics

British Court: Detention of Glenn Greenwald's Partner Was Legal

Matthew Feeney | 2.19.2014 12:47 PM

Politics

British Jihadi Believed to Have Carried Out Suicide Attack in Syria

Matthew Feeney | 2.11.2014 2:30 PM

Politics

British Labour Party Supporters Want To Tax the Rich More, Even if Doing So Won't Raise Revenue

Matthew Feeney | 2.6.2014 4:06 PM

Policy

U.K. Bill Would Allow Secret Courts to Confiscate Journalists' Notebooks

Alyssa Hertig | 2.6.2014 4:00 PM

Politics

Nick Clegg is Right, British Drug Policy Should Change

Matthew Feeney | 2.4.2014 12:30 PM

Politics

Euroskeptic UKIP the UK's Favorite Party

Matthew Feeney | 1.30.2014 1:49 PM

Policy

Angry Birds Creator: Website Hacked in Wake of Reports of US and UK Spying

Latest reporting on the Edward Snowden revelations suggests that the NSA and GCHQ take personal information from apps

Reason Staff | 1.29.2014 12:57 PM

Politics

Head of GCHQ To Step Down

Foreign office says the move has nothing to do with the Snowden revelations

Reason Staff | 1.28.2014 5:50 PM

Culture

UK Parliament Report Criticizes Royal Household Spending Habits

Want costs cut, appearances kept

Reason Staff | 1.28.2014 11:20 AM

Policy

Gay Couple Threatens To Sue British Government

Cannot marry until their civil union is their civil partnership is dissolved

Reason Staff | 1.24.2014 11:10 AM

Policy

British Man Sentenced To Death in Pakistan For Blasphemy

Has a history of mental illness

Reason Staff | 1.24.2014 10:20 AM

Policy

British Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.1 Percent

Biggest fall in unemployment since 1997

Reason Staff | 1.22.2014 1:40 PM

Economics

IMF Raises Growth Forecast For the UK

From 1.9 percent to 2.4 percent

Reason Staff | 1.21.2014 10:10 AM

World

Gates: UK Military Cuts Make It Impossible to be Major Player on World Stage

Prime Minister David Cameron disagrees

Reason Staff | 1.17.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Robert Gates Says UK Military Cuts Could Harm Its Ability To Be "Full Partner"

Matthew Feeney | 1.17.2014 11:54 AM

Policy

Are There Lessons We Can Learn From the First Anglo-Afghan War?

Matthew Feeney | 1.16.2014 4:10 PM

Policy

UK Government Pledges £100 Million For Syria Aid

International Development Secretary Justine Greening says the scale of suffering in Syria is "hard to exaggerate"

Reason Staff | 1.15.2014 11:00 AM

Politics

US and UK Might Rethink Supporting Rebels in Syria

Trying to pressure the Syrian National Coalition into attending the Geneva 2 peace conference

Reason Staff | 1.13.2014 6:40 PM

Politics

British Warship To Assist With Disposing of Syria's Chemical Weapons

Says Foreign Secretary William Hague

Reason Staff | 1.13.2014 2:40 PM

Economics

UK Industrial Production Flat, Construction Output Down

Slouching toward

Reason Staff | 1.10.2014 9:50 AM

Civil Liberties

London Police Chief: Armed Cops To Wear Video Cameras

Matthew Feeney | 1.9.2014 11:34 AM

World

London Police Shooting That Sparked Riots Ruled Justify

Mark Duggan's killing

Reason Staff | 1.9.2014 9:50 AM

Politics

British House of Lords Votes Against Banning Annoying Behavior

Matthew Feeney | 1.8.2014 3:38 PM

Civil Liberties

Group of Peers in UK's House of Lords Want To Block Law That Would Punish Being Annoying

Say it is a threat to free speech

Reason Staff | 1.8.2014 10:10 AM

World

US Military Helicopter Crashes Off Coast of England

Four may be dead

Reason Staff | 1.7.2014 6:10 PM

Politics

British Business Groups Criticize Opposition Leader's Plan To Stop Employers Paying Migrants Low Wages

Prime Minister David Cameron has been using increasingly tough rhetoric regarding migrant labor

Reason Staff | 1.6.2014 10:00 AM