Tory

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Keir Starmer, who took the post two years ago, ending 14 years of Tory rule, announced his resignation on Monday, almost 10 years to the day that Britain voted to leave the European Union.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026

For the past five years, both Tory and Labour governments have used a picturesque seafront hotel—the faded Metropole—to house hundreds of asylum seekers as they waited for their claims to be processed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Labour MP Jessica Morden is made a dame for her political service and former Tory MP Greg Hands is knighted for the same reason.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Tory Gavito, the president of Way to Win, a progressive donor network and research organization, told Salon that she sees the autopsy as basically agnostic on what, if anything, the Democrats should stand for.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

He’d been elected to the General Assembly in Hartford, but he’d been pushed out of it by the Patriots for being a Tory.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier