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G7 Is More United But Not Effective Enough To Tackle The World’s Biggest Problems
When the UK hosts the G7 summit in Cornwall between June 10 and 12, it will be the…
British People Now Define Themselves As ‘Leavers’ Or ‘Remainers’ – So What Happens After Brexit?
The EU referendum emphasised a divide in UK politics between two competing identities. People now identify as Remain…
Britain Is About To Leave The EU – What’s Next?
Britain will shortly leave the European Union. So that’s it. Brexit is over, right? Wrong. To channel former…
What Boris Johnson’s Victory Means For Britain’s Place In The World
With Boris Johnson’s impressive election victory, one of the biggest questions in British politics will be answered: Brexit,…
Boris Johnson’s Big Election Victory: What It Means For The UK And Brexit
Results are still rolling in but it looks as though Prime Minister Boris Johnson has secured a big…
The Quirks Of A British Election Explained
The UK is holding its second general election since 2015 – and third since 2010. Like the previous…
These Are The Pros And Cons Of Every Brexit Option Left On The Table
Boris Johnson’s mantra, ever since becoming prime minister, has been to “get Brexit done”. Yet the most striking…
Brexit: What Now?
EU27 approved of the extension of the Brexit deadline extension yesterday, October 28. This is after delaying its…
Hong Kong Protests And Brexit Could Both End Up Benefiting Financial Elites
Protests in Hong Kong have captured the world’s attention in recent weeks, with demonstrators closing streets and the…
Queen’s Speech 2019: The Queen Has Spoken. Let Us Just Get On With It.
Today, October 14, marks the State Opening of Parliament ceremony which formally starts the parliamentary year. One of…
Is There Such Thing As A ‘European Identity’?
The outcome of the UK’s 2016 referendum on EU membership has sent shockwaves across Europe. Among other impacts,…
Now Is Not The Time To Defend Britain’s Democracy – We Need A Democratic Revolution
The ancient institutions of the British state are well past their sell-by date. Only a radical shake-up can…
Britain After Brexit: Welcome To The Vulture Restaurant
US business will asset-strip the UK, but that’s not all: the Pentagon will find the little-known fragments of…
Boris Johnson Is UK’s New Prime Minister – What To Expect
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is now UK’s new Prime Minister. After months of Brexit drama and with…
Democracy Is Facing Strong Headwinds In 2019
2018 confirmed the trend: liberal democracy is weakening throughout the globe. Latin America is no exception. The wave…
The Non-Brits Guide To Brexit (Because It Affects You Too)
The European Union is arguably the world’s most powerful bloc. But it’s about to lose the United Kingdom,…
What Part Of “Brexit Now” Don’t You Understand?
Many people regard Magna Carta as the first constitutional guarantee of the basic liberties of the English-speaking world. Fewer people…
How The UK Can Feed The World After Brexit
After the end of the Second World War, it was said by Winston Churchill that the only threat…
Never Mind Brexit, Or Even Europe. The Future Is Eurasian.
In this new age, the notion that Europeans are special – that a wall separates them from Asia…
The 5 Kinds Of Cities We’ll See In The Populist Era
Will your city go into triage mode, double down on progressive policies, or flex its financial muscle? As…
Is The UK Really European Or Not? A Short History.
1948 “We cannot aim at anything less than the Union of Europe as a whole, and we look…