Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets with U.S. President Joe Biden at 10 Downing Street in London, Monday, July 10, 2023.
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Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets with U.S. President Joe Biden at 10 Downing Street in London, Monday, July 10, 2023.
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The year 2016 was one of several moments in recent history where the American and British political atmospheres seemed to run in parallel. Since 2016, right-wing political movements in Europe and the U.S. continue to show strength.
But as the U.K. gears up for a July election, polls show the liberal Labour Party leading Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives by a hefty margin.
Will the U.K. swing toward the left for the first time in more than a decade?
NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Holehouse, British politics correspondent for The Economist about what we should watch for in July’s election and what can we learn from it.
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This episode was produced by Connor Donevan.
It was edited by Jeanette Woods.
Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.
