“Relationships, aspirations, sparkle” reads the sign outside Anderton Park School in the English city of Birmingham. The words encapsulate the school’s ethos, and are to the outside eye completely harmless. But to those waving signs and chanting slogans opposite the...
As US President Donald Trump arrived in London, he took a moment to praise former London mayor and current candidate for the prime minister’s seat, Boris Johnson: “I think Boris would do a very good job. I think he would...
As William Davies wrote in a 2016 New York Times Op-Ed, “Facts hold a sacred place in Western liberal democracies”. It is certainly the case and an often-repeated truism that a well-functioning democracy requires a well-informed public. However, the combination...
Those who think the United Kingdom has disappeared from the international scene are mistaken. London is more than present in the various crisis zones, from North Africa to the Middle East, from the Sahel to the South China Sea. And...
Nigel Farage’s Brexit party in the UK, which claimed it was receiving payments of £100,000 a day during the recent campaign for the European parliament, is now facing claims it was not vigilant enough in checking small donations. But could...
Brexit is an economic disaster. This is not an argument up for debate. Statistics show that Brexit is already costing the UK billions – in GDP decline, in investment decline, in tax revenue decline – and that is not all....
The jingoistic attacks on world trade by the Trump administration have already hurt economic growth in Europe. Europe, just starting out on an uneven recovery, could plunge into recession if world trade is disrupted further. Oxford Economics in London estimates...
If politicians are serious about the NHS’s future, they need to have an honest conversation about healthcare reform. It is an imperfect system, but as Nigel Lawson said, the UK treats the NHS like a religion. The King’s Fund’s survey...
British Parliament, since its inception, has been the model on which emerging democracies base their governments. Today, however, Prime Minister Theresa May’s government finds itself paralyzed in the face of the Brexit question, and on the cusp of succumbing to...
Uranium is a naturally occurring, radioactive heavy metal found in the earth’s crust. It is composed of three isotopes: U-234, U-235, and U-238. Depleted uranium, or DU, is created as a by-product of the uranium enrichment process and is about...
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