Boris Johnson’s two-day flying visit to India to enhance the proposed free trade agreement, defence ties, and boost cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, arrived in Ahmedabad in the early hours of today and visited Sabarmati Ashram. Boris Johnson’s message in Sabarmati Ashram visitors’ book: “It is an immense privilege to come to the Ashram of this…
We are fascinated by the French, their way of life, their creativity, sophistication and self-assurance, and even their insistence that they are exceptional. British Journalist and historian Peter Watson, says France is the nation’s long tradition of the Renaissance salons that were breeding ground for poets, writers, philosophers, scientists, and artists in the drawing-room of…
“ Despite all that has happened, I want to stay and try to compete in the Australian Open. I remain focused on that. I flew here to play at one of the most important events we have in front of the amazing fans”, Djokovic tweeted. The Judge Anthony Kelly orders immediate release of Djokovic after…
The British Empire remains a subject of both shame and glorification, subject of public controversy Sathnam Sanghera, addresses many of the issues that are now urgent subjects of debate- such as Britain’s role in the slave trade and the links between empire and multiculturalism. Sanghera shows how our imperial past is everywhere including how we…
Boris Johnson today ditched his plans announced only yesterday to reform parliamentary disciplinary system after a catastrophic unforced error and ferocious backlash and media outcry including both Tory and Labour media alike and MPs. Labour is still weak holding this government to account. Owen Paterson leaves politics altogether protesting his innocence. In a dramatic U-turn…
Suspension of Owen Paterson halted as MPs vote to review the system. Boris Johnson wants the independent system of combating sleaze in Parliament yesterday as he threw the government’s weight behind protecting Tory MP who was found to have repeatedly breached lobbying rules. This MP took £ 500, 000 from firms he lobbied for breaching…
A revelatory history of how postcolonial African Independence movements were systematically undermined by one nation above all the US. In 1968 in Accra, Ghana, the Hands of Africa conference brought together the leading figures of African independence in a public show of political strength and purpose. Led by charismatic Kwame Nkrumah, who had just won…
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell has died of Covid-19 complication aged 84 on Monday morning. The former top military officer became the first African-American secretary of state in 2001 under Republican President George W Bush. He ran into controversy for helping garner support for the Iraq War. Powell was previously been diagnosed with…
“Our mission as Conservatives, we promote opportunity across the UK” Boris Johnson has told his party conference. In the leader’s first conference 45-minute upbeat speech peppered with occasional jokes, the PM said fixing the “broken housing market” and boosting infrastructure would help “level Up” the economy. He said reducing regional inequality was the “greatest project…
Rishi Sunak, in his first Tory conference speech as chancellor said “the EU would provide flexibility to shape a more modern economy and Brexit is in UK’s long-term interest”. He also said he wanted to cut taxes, but only when the public finances are on a “sustainable footing”. He announced more funding for research into…