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David Stewart, S.J., London Correspondent for America 2014-2020, files from his native Scotland where he now lives and works.
Prime Minister Theresa May leaves BBC studios in London after appearing on a morning show Sunday April 30, 2017. Britain goes to the polls for a General Election on upcoming June 8. ( John Stillwell/PA via AP)
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The U.K. populace at large did not appear to share the delight of the media and the political classes as the shortest parliament in 45 years came to an abrupt end.
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The 'Hamlet'-inspired play made the playwright Tom Stoppard an overnight sensation.
No fun allowed? The northbound Bakerloo line platform at Edgware Road
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The London police have issued a statement asking "D.J.s to refrain from using the Tube as a pop-up club.”
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne
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George Osborne lost his old government job when the Brexit referendum swept David Cameron's team off the political stage.
Londoners link hands during a commemorative event to mark last week's attack outside Parliament on Westminster Bridge on March 29. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)
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Across the capital Londoners have been resolute, demonstrating an absolute refusal to be intimidated by this or any terror event
A European and British Union flags hang outside Europe House, the European Parliament's British offices, in London, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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Each forecasted outcome would have been mocked only a few years ago—yet today, neither is unthinkable.
Demonstrators gather during a children's refugee protest in 2016 in London. (CNS photo/Hannah McKay, EPA
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Some estimates suggest that there could be as many as 90,000 unaccompanied refugee minors scattered across Europe.
Demonstrators on Feb. 20, 2017, rally in Parliament Square against a planned state visit by U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
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This is not a country at ease with itself, if it ever were. The United Kingdom continues to display more and more intolerance and anger.
The Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow, pictured here at the Palace of Westminster in June 2014, says he strongly opposes letting U.S. President Donald Trump address Parliament during a state visit to the U.K. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool, File)
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Cardinal Vincent Nichols used an interview to condemn the “false notion” that Christianity and Islam are in conflict.
Demonstrators protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban on refugees and people from seven mainly-Muslim countries, in London on Jan. 30. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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Though the rallies were billed primarily as protests against the invitation to President Donald J. Trump, protesters also condemned the new U.S. administration’s travel ban against seven majority-Muslim countries.