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Britain’s autumn budget and the twilight of Thatcherism
On the 17th of November, barely over a month in office, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt presented a career-defining autumn statement....
‘Penny For The Guy’: Of Fireworks, Kings And Climate Change
In Great Britain, November 5th is Guy Fawkes Day. It commemorates the failed Gunpowder plot of 1605, when Catholics tried to blow up Parliament...
Rishi Sunak’s appointment to the office of PM and the unnecessary jubilation amongst Indians
With Rishi Sunak having become the first Indian-origin Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the internet has come to be flooded with memes, and...
The Rise and Rise of Rishi Sunak
During the heyday of the British Empire, it was not uncommon to transfer labor from one colony (mostly India) to another. Thus Indian labor...
The British Economic Collapse – A Harbinger of Economic Doom for America?
Britain's politico-economic fiasco of the past six weeks culminated in a tragicomic anticlimax. The 45-day Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned, as many had predicted...
Distress in Europe
Europe has been plagued , particularly during the post-Covid pandemic era , by various issues ranging from political uncertainty in the core states such...
The wasteland of British politics
When an ugly power play marks the end of the career of a phenomenally successful politician, it presents a painful sight. From all accounts...
When Defence Planning Comes to Nought
In a 15th-century priory nestled away in a prestigious neighbourhood of Geneva, an exclusive audience gathered on the gorgeous grounds of a university before...
X Ways to Kill Time Near London’s Victoria Coach Station
London’s Victoria Coach Station is an active railway to the south of the ritzy Buckingham Palace that contains two separate railways combined into one....
Exporting Religious Hatred to England
Not a place hitting the main news channels often, Leicester is a small town of 250,000 inhabitants about a hundred miles north of London...