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El Reino Unido tuvo cinco primeros ministros en 10 años y Keir Starmer podría ser el próximo en caer

Cuando el primer ministro Keir Starmer llevó al Partido Laborista a la victoria en las últimas elecciones generales del Reino Unido, en 2024, lo hizo con una campaña fundamentada en una plataforma de estabilidad, vendiendo a su partido como el antídoto contra años de caos bajo una sucesión de primeros ministros conservadores.
Ahora, la promesa laborista de una gobernanza estable parece estar amenazada, ya que Starmer se enfrenta a peticiones de renuncia que vienen de su propio partido después del mal desempeño en las elecciones locales de la semana pasada.
Los críticos de Starmer sostienen que su profunda impopularidad requiere que haya un nuevo líder si el Partido Laborista quiere tener alguna posibilidad en las próximas elecciones generales, que deben celebrarse antes de 2029. Pero algunos de sus aliados han señalado que el país ha sufrido daños acumulados por la sucesión de primeros ministros bajo el mandato de los conservadores, y han advertido al Partido Laborista de que tenga cuidado de no seguir el mismo camino.
“El Reino Unido parece haberse vuelto adicta al drama político en torno a sus primeros ministros”, dijo Tony Travers, profesor de política en la London School of Economics. Argumentó que la caída de la tasa de crecimiento económico del Reino Unido tras la crisis financiera de 2008, agravada por los efectos del brexit, había “dificultado la gobernanza hasta el punto de hacerla imposible”.
Los sistemas parlamentarios, en comparación con los presidenciales, facilitan el cambio de líderes, señaló Travers, pero cambiar de liderazgo no resuelve los retos fundamentales a los que se enfrenta el Reino Unido. Entre ellos se encuentran unos servicios públicos frágiles que siguen pasando apuros tras años de falta de inversión y el impacto inflacionista de la guerra en Irán. Muchos legisladores del Partido Laborista temen que esto pueda dar inicio a una nueva era de cambios rápidos en la dirección del partido.
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Cinco líderes del Partido Conservador dirigieron el Reino Unido entre 2016 y 2024. Así es como llegaron al número 10 de Downing Street, y cómo salieron de ahí.
David Cameron, abatido por el brexit
David Cameron fue primer ministro de 2010 a 2016, periodo durante el cual convocó el referéndum del brexit. Esperaba obtener un mandato de los votantes para que el Reino Unido se quedara en la Unión Europea y con ello poner fin a la división en el Partido Conservador sobre este tema.
La medida resultó ser un desastre cuando una escasa mayoría de británicos votó a favor de salir.
Al día siguiente de la votación, Cameron se presentó frente al número 10 de Downing Street y anunció su renuncia, afirmando que el país merecía un líder comprometido con cumplir la voluntad del pueblo. En un primer momento dijo que se quedaría tres meses en el cargo para asegurar la estabilidad, hasta septiembre, pero después de que Theresa May ganó el liderazgo del Partido Conservador, ella fue nombrada primera ministra el 13 de julio de 2016. David Cameron, exprimer ministro del Reino Unido en mayo de 2024. (Foto: Florion Goga/REUTERS/Archivo)
Theresa May, también derrotada por el brexit
May, que había sido ministra del Interior de Cameron, fue la segunda primera ministra del país, después de Margaret Thatcher. Asumió de inmediato la difícil tarea de negociar la salida del país de la Unión Europea.
Su mandato estuvo dominado por el brexit. Ella abogaba por una salida de la Unión Europea de cierto modo más suave, lo que enfureció a los euroescépticos de línea dura del partido, y no logró alcanzar un acuerdo que su partido pudiera respaldar. El brexit terminó por ser su ruina también. Después de enfrentarse a una rebelión en el gabinete, en mayo de 2019 anunció sus planes de dejar el cargo.
Boris Johnson, obligado a renunciar por el ‘partygate’
Boris Johnson, el exalcalde de Londres de melena revuelta y estilo grandilocuente, fue elegido nuevo líder del partido y asumió el cargo en julio de 2019. Había hecho campaña a favor de la salida del Reino Unido de la Unión Europea y se había convertido en un destacado crítico del enfoque de May respecto al brexit. Ganó las elecciones prometiendo “recuperar el control” de las fronteras británicas.
Johnson llevó al partido a una amplia victoria electoral en 2019. Unos meses más tarde, el país se vio sumido en la pandemia del coronavirus. Y una serie de escándalos perjudiciales –entre ellos las reuniones en Downing Street durante el confinamiento por la covid, que se conocieron como el “partygate”– le obligaron a dimitir de forma espectacular en julio de 2022. Boris Johnson, expremier británico en un evento en Dubai en febrero de 2025. (Amr Alfiky/REUTERS/Archivo)
Liz Truss, hundida por recortes fiscales sin financiación
No había un consenso real sobre quién iba a reemplazar a Johnson, pero Liz Truss acabó imponiéndose ante Rishi Sunak en una contienda por el liderazgo y se convirtió en primera ministra en septiembre de 2022.
Truss, que fue ministra de Asuntos Exteriores de Johnson, ocupó el cargo de primera ministra durante solo seis semanas –superada en duración, como es bien sabido, por una lechuga–, se convirtió en la primera ministra británica con el mandato más breve. Durante su corto periodo, que incluyó la muerte de la reina Isabel II, logró introducir un plan de recortes fiscales sin financiación que sumió a los mercados financieros del país en el caos.
Intentó dar marcha atrás, pero no fue suficiente para reparar el duradero daño político, ni el económico.
Rishi Sunak, destituido en unas elecciones generales
Sunak, exministro de Hacienda, tomó rápidamente el timón, sin oposición en la contienda por el liderazgo del partido tras la caída de Truss. En octubre de 2022, se convirtió en la primera persona de ascendencia india en ser primer ministro británico.
Los dramas de sus predecesores inmediatos ensombrecieron su mandato, y cuando convocó elecciones generales en 2024, su partido sufrió derrotas abrumadoras. Se dirigió al país frente a Downing Street diciendo: “Lo siento. Lo he dado todo en este cargo. Pero ustedes han enviado una señal clara de que el gobierno del Reino Unido debe cambiar. Y su criterio es el único que importa”.
*Por Megan Specia, periodista que radica en Londres y cubre el Reino Unido, Irlanda y la guerra en Ucrania para el Times. Y Michael D. Shear colaboró con reportería.
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Could this African nation become Trump’s next terror target as jihadists close in on power?

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JOHANNESBURG: The U.S. is reportedly considering airstrikes against al Qaeda-linked terrorists in Mali, according to regional analysts and recent media reports.
The military junta that has been running this West African country in the Sahel region since coups in both 2020 and 2021 turned away from France and the U.S. to get military protection from Russia and its Africa Corps mercenaries against jihadist groups.
But now the largest of these groups, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), which has Mali’s capital under siege, is credited, along with another group, for killing 50 Malian soldiers this month, for the death of the country’s defense minister earlier this year and has reportedly sent battalions of Russian soldiers retreating on at least two occasions this year.
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Malian troops parade during the country’s 65th anniversary of the African nation’s independence. (Habib Kouyate/Xinhua via Getty Images)
JNIM is said to want to change the country into an Islamist Jihadist state. If they succeed, Mali would be the first country in the world to be run by a jihadist group. The organization was designated officially as a Foreign Terrorist Organization during the first Trump administration in 2018.
Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist groups are also operating freely in Mali, and are linked to terror groups in neighboring Nigeria.
A State Department official didn’t respond to a Washington Post report that the U.S. is considering strikes against JNIM in Mali, but used strong language Thursday when talking to Fox News Digital, leading analysts to suggest the time for talking may be over.
«The United States unequivocally condemns the terrorist activity in Mali,» the official said, adding, «in the Sahel, the United States is committed to promoting regional ownership and cooperation against terrorist threats, and monitoring indicators and warnings of threats to our homeland.»

This undated photograph handed out by French military shows three Russian mercenaries, right, in northern Mali. Russia has engaged in under-the-radar military operations in at least half a dozen countries in Africa in the last five years using a shadowy mercenary force analysts say is loyal to President Vladimir Putin. The analysts say the Wagner Group of mercenaries is also key to Putin’s ambitions to re-impose Russian influence on a global scale. (French Army via AP)
Edmund Fitton-Brown, a former British and United Nations diplomat, said the U.S. could order military action, to primarily try and stop jihadists becoming entrenched in Mali. Fitton-Brown, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital, «Mali is mainly important to the U.S. because, as a failed state becoming a safe haven for al Qaeda and ISIS, it looks like the first of several African dominoes likely to fall.»
Retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Kenneth P. Ekman, who until last year, served as the Department of War’s West Africa Coordination Element lead, said that with strike action the administration may be able to persuade Mali’s rulers to turn away from Russia, and towards the U.S. for protection – and purchases of military equipment.
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A column of black smoke rises above buildings as traffic passes the Africa Tower monument in Bamako on April 26, 2026. April 25, 2026’s shock attacks, synchronized by Tuareg rebels of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) coalition and the jihadist Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), targeted several areas in the vast arid country. Fighting resumed on April 26 in several areas, including Kita near Bamako, Kidal, Gao and Severe.Tuareg rebels meanwhile announced an agreement allowing Russian forces backing Mali’s army to withdraw from the northern city of Kidal, which they claimed was «totally» under their control. (AFP via Getty Images)
Ekman told Fox News Digital, «JNIM has a stranglehold on the government and much of the population. The Russians are woefully ineffective and extractive. Cooperation with U.S. forces offers a disproportionate and positive impact.»
Ekman said that U.S. forces have supported partner-led operations against JNIM before, as recently as 2022, adding «recent proposals amount to returning to similar cooperation against a mutual threat.»
The administration may also be in a minerals frame of mind. Mali is one of Africa’s largest gold-producing nations. It also has substantial deposits of lithium, used extensively in rechargeable batteries.
Fitton-Brown said that «President Trump may be less reluctant than his predecessor to work with the juntas in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, if they are losing faith in their Russian friends.»

Vehicle turned up following brutal ambush on Russian Wagner fighters in Mali on July 27, 2024. (East2West)
He continued, «The U.S. is certainly a more capable partner. France has already been displaced so all three countries might accept U.S. help if it comes only with strings attached that don’t offend or disadvantage them. Whether even the U.S. is capable of stopping the political decline of these countries, and the rise of militant Islam, is another matter. That cannot be achieved by military force alone.»
The FDD’s Fitton-Brown said U.S. assets such as aircraft may not be directly involved if there is a strike, «The U.S. might work with French and other intelligence services to develop local intelligence for strikes on JNIM leadership, but this is unlikely to achieve much. The organization is resilient and will be able to replace those killed.»
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A former senior Department of War official told Fox News Digital the U.S. has at its disposal cruise missiles and long-range bombers. Attack drones would probably not come into play, and the U.S. Naval Institute’s Fleet Tracker shows no American aircraft carriers anywhere near African waters, effectively ruling out carrier operations.
However, Ekman believes airstrikes are under consideration, noting «JNIM and ISIS are a threat to U.S. interests, and are ascendant in West Africa.»
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Mamdani warning to wealthy New Yorkers about ‘fair share’ sparks online firestorm: ‘Full blown communist’

Mamdani’s NYC wealth tax plan ignites fiery debate
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s «pied-a-terre» wealth tax on luxury properties ignites a contentious debate, drawing strong criticism from Citadel CEO Ken Griffin and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman.
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New York City socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing heat on social media after his post celebrating the state’s new pied-à-terre tax on New Yorkers with a second home.
«If you have a second home in New York City worth more than $5M, check your mailbox when you’re back in the five boroughs — because you’ve got mail,» Mamdani posted on X, touting the tax on specific second properties introduced by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul that he supported going into effect soon.
«Today, we sent notification letters to property owners, letting them know that our new pied-à-terre tax is coming soon,» Mamdani continued. «The best city in the world deserves the best parks, libraries, and schools in the world. That’s only possible when we all pay our fair share. «
As of Friday morning, Mamdani’s post had been viewed over 10 million times and conservatives on social media blasted the mayor and warned that the exodus of wealthy New Yorkers will only continue under this new plan.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s video admitting that he lacks the legal authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did little to ease Jewish leaders’ concerns. (NYC Mayor’s Office via YouTube/Handout via Reuters)
«Never elect a politician who: (1) sees your money as his slush fund, (2) loves Karl Marx, or(3) uses French words like ‘pied-à-terre’ to disguise new, confiscatory taxes he wants to impose to redistribute wealth,» Republican Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) posted on X.
«Socialism – Florida’s best real estate agent,» Republican Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL) posted on X.
«NYC’s pied-à-terre tax hasn’t even started and brokers already say owners are calling to sell,» GOP strategist and attorney Mehek Cooke posted on X. «Empty units don’t tip [doormen] or pay supers. You’re not taxing the rich. You’re firing the working class that depended on them. «
«More incitement,» Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton posted on X. «Communist @NYCMayor celebrates a confiscatory tax targeted at a select few. «
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks about the excitement of seeing the Buffalo Bills in Western New York for the next 30 years during the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park on June 23, 2026. (Shawn Dowd/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
«What will the excuse be when literally nothing improves after all these tax increases?» New York City Republican Councilwoman Vickie Paladino posted on X. «Will they just demand even more, or will they tell us to ignore our own eyes as they insist they’ve actually fixed everything? Both? «
«The condescension towards the people who already pay a ton of property taxes to NYC,» Washington Free Beacon investigative reporter Chuck Ross posted on X. » He thinks you’re an immoral person and worthy of mockery if you have a second home. ‘when you’re back in the five boroughs.’»
«That’s only possible when we all pay our fair share,’ says the man who’s literally lived off of taxpayer dollars for years, produces nothing, and is concentrating the burdens on others—others who’ve contributed exponentially more to the city in both taxes and charitable contributions than he could possibly hope to contribute in 10 lifetimes, I might add,» Manhattan Institute fellow Rafael Mangual posted on X.
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a rally in New York alongside 1199SEIU members and immigration advocates after the Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration can revoke protections for Haitians and Syrians. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
«You can practically feel the glee emanating from this tweet so it’s hilarious that people will still refuse to admit he’s a full-blown communist,» civil rights attorney David Pivtorak posted on X.
Mamdani’s support of the pied-à-terre tax on second homes worth more than $5 million has been a viral controversy for months and started when
In April, New York City Mayor Mamdani and Hochul unveiled the joint legislative proposal targeting luxury second homes worth $5 million or more. Known as a pied-à-terre tax, the annual surcharge is expected to generate an estimated $500 million from affluent out-of-state property owners.
Mamdani has previously said revenue from the tax would go toward initiatives such as free childcare, cleaner streets and safer neighborhoods.
Critics, including billionaire Ken Griffin whose luxury New York City home was featured in Mamdani’s controversial video announcing the tax, argue the tax will only drive more wealthy New Yorkers out of the state and bring jobs and investments with them.
Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani’s office for comment.
Fox Business’s Kristen Altus contributed to this report
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