Strikes, ‘sleaze’, stability: Sunak marks 100 days as UK PM
On reaching 100 days in 10 Downing Street this week, Rishi Sunak will double the duration of Liz Truss’s brutally short term as British prime minister. But having stabilised panicky…
Britain, France look to reset frayed ties under new PM Sunak
After years of mutual incomprehension, public rows and even a brief naval stand-off in the Channel, UK-French relations appear to be finally improving under new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.…
‘Absolute farce’: UK gripped by latest Johnson plot twist
British former prime minister Boris Johnson’s prospective return to Downing Street reads like a Shakespearean arc of redemption after a fall — but critics see elements of farce. Johnson, 58,…
UK slips towards recession, heaping pressure on next PM to help Aug 21, 2022
Britain’s slide towards a recession has gathered momentum after data this week showed inflation jumping above 10%, wages lagging far behind price growth and consumer confidence sinking to a record…
PM’s Russia visit
No. Yes. Maybe. Go. Cancel. Postpone. Why. Why not. What for. What not. These are some remarks/questions raised on the Prime minister’s visit to Russia. Many thought this visit was…
Persistence pays off on Brexit for British PM
The Brexit deal is a personal success for Prime Minister Theresa May, after months of tough negotiations conducted while also battling with her own side - but any relief could…
UK PM’s loose talk on Brexit reverberates in N Ireland
In the febrile build-up to Britain’s Brexit deal with the European Union, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there would only be a trade border down the Irish Sea “over my…
How Boris Johnson’s election gamble paid off
It was a straight forward message: “Get Brexit done.” The mantra of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party during the national election campaign was aimed at harnessing…
Future deserts
‘THE fate of a premature seer and that of a timely fool is the same.’ This adage applies perfectly to the foolhardy congregating in Glasgow to hear the warnings of…
After USAID
WHEN I started writing my book, The Shady Economics of International Aid, in 2023, I never anticipated that some of the issues I explored would surface so powerfully even before its…
