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Liz Truss resigns as prime minister: The five causes of her downfall explained
As Liz Truss stepped away from the lectern outside No.10 Downing Street after resigning as leader of her…
Johnson Quits After Record Rate of Resignations
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced his departure from office following a record number of ministerial resignations.…
Royal jubilees have always been surprisingly religious affairs
Queen Elizabeth II is the first British monarch to celebrate a platinum jubilee, marking her 70 years on…
Top Free Things To Do In London
London is renowned the world over as one of the best capital cities to spend a few days…
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…
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…
Can We Establish Forms Of Home Ownership That Promote Empathy And Solidarity?
There are few forms of consumption that match the depth of feeling brought to homeownership. Political and cultural…
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…
A Beleaguered Britain Takes Comfort In Nostalgia For Empire
The British empire never lacked contradictions. A global juggernaut standing with its military boot on millions of necks,…
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…