Politics today is defined by upheaval and repositioning on both sides of the Atlantic. In Britain, Prime Minister Andy Burnham moved quickly to stamp his authority on government, pledging to scrap VAT on household electricity bills from October as an opening cost-of-living measure, while also reshaping his team with reports that Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar will leave Holyrood for a Westminster ministerial post. The mood was darkened by the first court hearing in the murder case of former minister Ann Widdecombe, where prosecutors alleged she was killed in a planned hammer attack. In the United States, Joe Biden lost a court bid to keep recordings of his ghostwriter interviews from being released, though he has a short window to appeal. And in Turkey, the opposition landscape shifted again as ousted CHP leader Ozgur Ozel said he would form a new party to challenge President Erdogan.