In “Mammals,” premiering Friday on Prime Video, James Corden plays Jamie, a London chef on the verge of opening his own restaurant. He is married to Amandine (Melia Kreiling), who is French and works in market research, a job that exists here, for the space of a single scene, only to demonstrate that it is …
LONDON — Seventy-five years after Louis Mountbatten became the last Brit to rule over India, Rishi Sunak, a descendent of Indian immigrants, has walked into Downing Street as the first South Asian British prime minister. Although it is clearly a historic achievement, we should not be fooled into thinking this is a milestone for the …
LONDON — Rishi Sunak faced the opposition in Parliament for the first time as Britain’s prime minister Wednesday, promising to restore economic stability after his predecessor’s tax plans triggered market tumult. Sunak ripped up more of predecessor Liz Truss’ flagship policies, reinstating a moratorium on fracking for shale gas that Truss had lifted. Plans for large-scale …
Rishi Sunak faced the opposition in Parliament for the first time as Britain’s prime minister Wednesday, seeking to provide assurances that his new government would offer economic stability and continuity after his predecessor’s tax plans triggered market tumult. Sunak, who took office Tuesday, has appointed a government that mixes allies with experienced ministers from the …
He inherits nothing short of an economic emergency, one that critics say his Conservative Party helped create through a decade of austerity and then Brexit. The U.K. is now mired in a daunting cost-of-living crisis that means millions of people are already struggling to eat and heat their homes — and it is likely to …
Well, that sure didn’t take long. Liz Truss is out as U.K. Prime Minister, resigning after just 44 days. As Anthony Scaramucci tweeted, “Liz Truss lasted 4.1 Scaramuccis.” (Scaramucci was fired as Donald Trump’s White House communications director after 10 days.) Scaramucci later cracked, “But she outlasted the milk in the refrigerator. I wasn’t able …
LONDON — Rishi Sunak has promised to “fix” the economic mess wrought by his predecessor Liz Truss after being appointed the new U.K. prime minister. In a sombre speech on the steps of No. 10 Downing Street Tuesday, Sunak — who has spent the day fleshing out a top team that includes many carryovers from …
