Politics of the United Kingdom

British Prime Minister David Cameron came under fire in parliament on Jan. 27 for referring to "a bunch of migrants" in Calais, with opposition MPs condemning his words as "divisive" and "shocking".

Britain's opposition leader invited U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who sparked an outcry by calling for a ban on Muslims from entering the United States, to join him on a visit to a London mosque. 

The Heads of State or Government of the EU member states, who have convened for a regular meeting of the European Council in Brussels on Thursday and Friday, discussed migration and the referendum on the UK's continued membership to the EU at the first day of the summit.

Prime Minister David Cameron warned on Nov 10 that Britain could leave the EU if it does not get the reforms it wants before a "once-in-a-generation" referendum to settle its troubled relationship with Europe.

Prime Minister David Cameron favours holding a referendum on Britain's European Union membership in June next year if leaders of other member states agree to the bulk of his reform plans at a December summit, The Times newspaper reported on Nov. 9.

Cameron has promised to renegotiate Britain's ties with the 28-nation bloc ahead of a membership vote by the end of 2017. 

British PM David Cameron says he is against Britain adopting Norway's style of relations with the EU, should it leave the organization after a referendum.

Prime Minister David Cameron said his renegotiation of Britain's ties with the European Union was "bloody hard work" and refused to rule out campaigning for a British exit in a referendum if other EU leaders failed to grant him the concessions he wants. 

Britain's newly elected opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has said he cannot imagine his Labour Party campaigning to leave the European Union at an upcoming referendum, easing fears that he would force the party to adopt a eurosceptic position. 

The new leader of Britain?s opposition Labour Party, veteran leftist Jeremy Corbyn, confronted Prime Minister David Cameron in parliament for the first time on Sept. 16 and said the house?s raucous weekly question-and-answer session should be less theatrical and more about hearing ordinary people?s voices. 

Voting ends on Sept.10 in the leadership contest for Britain's main opposition Labour party after a campaign dominated by the shock popularity of radical left candidate Jeremy Corbyn, who looks set to win.