Starmer will have to walk a US-China tightrope
There’s already some discord between the two countries when it comes to China, but there are areas where they could work on similar approaches. Read More Here
Category: United Kingdom
Who’s who in Britain’s new Labour government led by Keir Starmer
Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed a Cabinet of Labour Party lawmakers. Labour has spent 14 years in opposition, so few have held government office before. Read More Here
Keir Starmer Is Tony Blair, Minus the Optimism
Britain’s new government is copying the “New Labour” playbook, but the country’s atmosphere has changed in the meantime. Read More Here
Why Rishi Sunak brought David Cameron back in
No matter how badly their premierships end, former prime ministers have a residual stardust that other politicians find hypnotic. Read More Here
The Petulant King
Charles III can’t keep the myth of monarchy alive. Read More Here
The Prime Minister Who Did Everything Wrong
Liz Truss got what she wished for. Read More Here
Queen Elizabeth II Wasn’t Innocent Of Her Empire’s Sins
The late queen incarnated and ably helped sell her nation and its system while never criticising or apologising for its past. Read More Here
The End Of Boris’s Illusion
By clinging on through scandal after scandal, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has certainly demonstrated the power of positive thinking. But the problem with “Prozac leadership,” as some researchers call it, is that it can take a politician – and a country – only so far before reality reasserts itself. Read More Here Also Read: […]
Will Rishi Sunak Replace Beleaguered Boris Johnson?
As British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces calls to resign following revelations of booze-fuelled parties at his official residence in Downing Street – in breach of his own coronavirus lockdown rules – a teetotaller of Indian heritage is emerging as a possible successor. Read More Here
The Minister Of Chaos
Tony Blair and David Cameron were polished and formidable. Gordon Brown and Theresa May were rigid, fearful, cautious. Johnson might as well be another species. He is lively and engaged, superficially disheveled but in fact focused and watchful. He is scruffy, impulsive, exuberant. Read More Here
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