Handling black holes
MY eyesight is fading. I can no longer see a future in the ballot paper. Electoral symbols to me now are as indecipherable as hieroglyphics. That is why on Oct…
Divide and misrule
THERE was a time within living memory when Britain was an unrivalled global power. Its colonial empire stretched pretty much across the world, and for decades at a stretch its…
Deal, no deal or no Brexit? The Brexiteers’ dilemma
British MPs who have long campaigned for Brexit face a dilemma - back an unsatisfactory divorce deal on Tuesday or hold out for something better at the risk of losing…
Britons abroad in limbo as Brexit clock ticks down
Standing behind a counter piled with scones in his cafe in the French village of Eymet, Adrian Cattermole voices the weariness of many Britons living abroad after MPs again rejected…
Save Britannia
These are troubling times for the British people and their political leaders as they have failed to come to grips with the extremely complex challenge of negotiating a withdrawal from…
Ensuring Afghan peace
Pakistan has intensified its pressure on the Taliban to talk to the Afghan government. There were also (conflicting) reports that a senior Afghan Taliban leader had been arrested ahead of…
The Corbyn factor
British voters have declared their verdict. They prefer a hung parliament instead of giving a clear majority to Conservatives. It was a devastating night for Prime Minister Theresa May, who…
The search for similarities
If there has been one particular week where international diplomacy appears to have been abandoned, it has to be the preceding one. Not only did British Prime Minister Theresa May…
Brexit’s darkest hour
The UK government, led by Prime Minister Theresa May, has faced its worst crisis and all of it boils down to Brexit. The need to hold the Brexit referendum had…
A brave new world
As the clock ticks down on Britain’s exit from the European Union, one could not go far wrong casting British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn as the hopeful Miranda in…
