https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOT1NnQhZx8/matt-singh RSS for Node Thu, 07 May 2026 07:38:51 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-05-20/net-zero-boris-johnson-has-the-public-support-to-make-it-happen https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-05-20/net-zero-boris-johnson-has-the-public-support-to-make-it-happen Thu, 20 May 2021 05:33:16 GMT Big goals; big costs. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-09-15/u-k-budget-boris-johnson-faces-a-reckoning-over-tax https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-09-15/u-k-budget-boris-johnson-faces-a-reckoning-over-tax Tue, 15 Sep 2020 06:57:48 GMT Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak (L) and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) arrive to attend a Cabinet meeting of senior government ministers at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London on September 1, 2020. (Photo by TOBY MELVILLE / POOL / AFP) (Photo by TOBY MELVILLE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-09-01/labour-s-keir-starmer-is-on-the-right-side-of-britain-s-culture-divide https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-09-01/labour-s-keir-starmer-is-on-the-right-side-of-britain-s-culture-divide Tue, 01 Sep 2020 06:30:07 GMT Keir Starmer https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-04-20/britain-s-brexit-divisions-are-never-far-away https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-04-20/britain-s-brexit-divisions-are-never-far-away Mon, 20 Apr 2020 06:30:23 GMT Michel Barnier, chief negotiator for the European Union (EU), speaks during a news conference ahead of European Union (EU) leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. Negotiators from the U.K. reached an agreement with officials in Brussels Thursday that could pave the way for Britain to finally break its 46-year-old ties to the European Union this month. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-03-28/coronavirus-gives-boris-johnson-s-political-immunity https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-03-28/coronavirus-gives-boris-johnson-s-political-immunity Sat, 28 Mar 2020 07:30:50 GMT LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 22: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives his daily COVID 19 press briefing at Downing Street on March 22, 2020 in London, England. Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has spread to at least 182 countries, claiming over 10,000 lives and infecting hundreds of thousands more. (Photo by Ian Vogler-WPA Pool/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-02-15/after-corbyn-the-labour-party-s-long-road-back https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-02-15/after-corbyn-the-labour-party-s-long-road-back Sat, 15 Feb 2020 08:30:12 GMT Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (centre), shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer and shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey in his office in the Houses of Parliament in London preparing for a meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-01-29/why-remainers-failed-to-make-their-case-on-brexit https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-01-29/why-remainers-failed-to-make-their-case-on-brexit Wed, 29 Jan 2020 09:58:44 GMT A demonstrator wears anti-Brexit pin badges during a protest against the proroguing of parliament, in London, U.K., on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked Queen Elizabeth II on Aug. 28 to prorogue the House of Commons, as the suspension is known in parliamentary jargon, from Sept. 12 until the Queen’s Speech on Oct. 14. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-12-19/britain-s-labour-party-faces-an-existential-crisis https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-12-19/britain-s-labour-party-faces-an-existential-crisis Thu, 19 Dec 2019 07:00:51 GMT Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at the launch of the Labour party election manifesto in Birmingham, northwest England on November 21, 2019. - Britain will go to the polls on December 12, 2019 to vote in a pre-Christmas general election. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-12-11/u-k-election-millions-of-remain-voters-are-wavering https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-12-11/u-k-election-millions-of-remain-voters-are-wavering Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:05:44 GMT Boris Johnson, U.K. prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party, departs the stage following a speech during a general election campaign visit to the JCB Cab Manufacturing Centre in Uttoxeter, U.K., on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Sterling's rally will be limited even if Johnson wins a parliamentary majority in the general election and finds a way to pass the withdrawal bill by Jan. 31. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-10-31/u-k-election-boris-johnson-s-bet-to-unite-the-brexit-vote https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-10-31/u-k-election-boris-johnson-s-bet-to-unite-the-brexit-vote Thu, 31 Oct 2019 08:58:12 GMT Boris Johnson, U.K. prime minister, departs from number 10 Downing Street on his way to attend a weekly questions and answers session in Parliament in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. Johnson has succeeded, finally, in getting Parliament to give him the general election that he wants. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-09-06/boris-johnson-s-brexit-election-bid-could-backfire https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-09-06/boris-johnson-s-brexit-election-bid-could-backfire Fri, 06 Sep 2019 09:00:50 GMT Boris Johnson, U.K. prime minister, waits to greet U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, outside number 10 Downing Street in London, U.K., on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. Johnson's six week old premiership has been thrown into fresh disarray after his own brother quit the government in protest at his Brexit strategy. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-05-02/this-time-u-k-local-elections-really-matter https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-05-02/this-time-u-k-local-elections-really-matter Thu, 02 May 2019 05:00:10 GMT HIPPERHOLME, WEST YORKSHIRE - APRIL 15: Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn fires a bow and arrow during an archery lesson as he visits Youth Crime Reduction Centre on April 15, 2019 in Hipperholme, West Yorkshire. The outdoor activities project works to divert young people from offending and re-offending. (Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-02-23/what-parliament-s-breakaway-group-means-for-brexit-britain https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-02-23/what-parliament-s-breakaway-group-means-for-brexit-britain Sat, 23 Feb 2019 08:00:15 GMT LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 20: Independent Group member MPs (Back row L-R) Former Labour MPs Chris Leslie, Gavin Shuker, Chuka Umunna and Mike Gapes, (centre row L-R) former Labour MPs Angela Smith, Luciana Berger and Ann Coffey, (front row L-R) former Conservative MPs Heidi Allen, Sarah Wollaston and Anna Soubry and Labour MP Joan Ryan after a press conference regarding the resignation of three MPs from the Conservative Party on February 20, 2019 in London, England. MPs Anna Soubry, Heidi Allen and Sarah Wollaston have resigned from The Conservative Party to join the eight Labour MPs who resigned forming The Independent Group on Monday. They intend to sit as independent MPs occupying the centre ground of British Politics. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-01-23/brexit-what-u-k-voters-really-think-about-theresa-may-s-deal https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-01-23/brexit-what-u-k-voters-really-think-about-theresa-may-s-deal Wed, 23 Jan 2019 05:30:15 GMT Anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray (R) holds a placard that reads "Wot No Plan B? Ask The Nation" as he demonstrates outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on January 21, 2019, before Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement to the House of Commons on changes to her Brexit withdrawal agreement. - British Prime Minister Theresa May unveils her Brexit "Plan B" to parliament on Monday after MPs shredded her EU divorce deal, deepening the political gridlock 10 weeks from departure day. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP) (Photo credit should read TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-09-11/brexit-realism-hasn-t-erased-brexit-divisions https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-09-11/brexit-realism-hasn-t-erased-brexit-divisions Tue, 11 Sep 2018 05:00:15 GMT A British Union flag, also known as the Union Jack, left, hangs beside a European Union (EU) flag as Dominic Raab, U.K. exiting the European Union (EU) secretary and Michel Barnier, chief negotiator for the European Union (EU), conduct a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. The pound slipped after the European Unions chief negotiator Michel Barnier toned down expectations for a Brexit deal. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-05-30/why-u-k-conservatives-are-going-all-green https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-05-30/why-u-k-conservatives-are-going-all-green Wed, 30 May 2018 09:15:13 GMT Winning the countryside. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-19/brexit-sentiments-remain-stronger-than-ever https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-19/brexit-sentiments-remain-stronger-than-ever Thu, 19 Apr 2018 06:00:12 GMT People hold placards as they wait for the start of a rally for the "Vote Leave" campaign, the official 'Leave' campaign organisation for the forthcoming EU referendum, in Manchester, northern England, on April 15, 2016.Britain will vote either to leave or remain in the EU in a referendum on June 23. / AFP / OLI SCARFF (Photo credit should read OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-16/polling-s-failures-have-led-to-improved-techniques https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-16/polling-s-failures-have-led-to-improved-techniques Mon, 16 Apr 2018 10:41:27 GMT LONDON, United Kingdom: A voter places his voting card in the ballot box at a polling station in Wandsworth, in south London, 04 May 2006, during the local government elections. Ballots were being cast Thursday in local elections that could force Prime Minister Tony Blair into naming the day he will stand down if the results prove painful for his scandal-hit Labour Party. Poor results in the race for 4,361 out of 19,579 local council seats could push Blair into a cabinet reshuffle, with ministers most closely implicated in the crises -- all key Blair allies -- most likely to get the chop. AFP PHOTO/LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-05/housing-crisis-renters-are-driving-british-voters-to-labour https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-05/housing-crisis-renters-are-driving-british-voters-to-labour Mon, 05 Mar 2018 16:20:03 GMT A pedestrian looks at residential houses and apartments advertised in the window on an estate agent in the Putney district of London, U.K., on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. U.K. home sellers raised their asking prices to the most for a February in five years as inquiries from potential buyers increased, Rightmove Plc said. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-12-23/political-prediction-isn-t-dead-but-it-needs-to-adapt https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-12-23/political-prediction-isn-t-dead-but-it-needs-to-adapt Fri, 23 Dec 2016 07:15:05 GMT A voter places his vote slip into a ballot box at a polling station located inside a launderette as voting continues in the general election in Oxford, U.K., on Thursday, May 7, 2015. Britain votes on Thursday in the most uncertain election since World War II, a ballot that looks set to be followed by negotiations to secure a parliamentary majority and clashes over who has the legitimacy to govern. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images