Why did Boris resign? According to his rather long winded resignation letter, (published on his twitter feed), Boris believed that the UK was heading for a ‘semi-Brexit’ in which the UK would have to kowtow […]
NATO’s annual summit will take place in Brussels on 11 – 12 July 2018. Thereafter Donald Trump will arrive for his UK visit on Friday 13 July and will then fly to Helsinki to hold […]
In the last few hours Mexican voters have reaped the rewards of their determination to change the country’s political landscape. The popular leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, also known as Amlo, has claimed victory in […]
Yesterday, U.S. Supreme Court stalwart, Anthony Kennedy, announced his retirement. At 82 years old this does not seem an unreasonable or selfish decision to make, however since 2005, Kennedy has been the swing vote on […]
Last night, I had the pleasure of standing up and giving an impromptu speech at Hub Dot’s ‘Say Hello to Summer’ event at the Lyric theatre in Hammersmith. It was unplanned and I kicked it […]
‘When I talk with young activists from Hong Kong, they are increasingly demoralised. They have taken to the streets to call for their democratic rights but have been met with repression; repression facilitated by colonial […]
The governments of Greece and (the former Yugoslav Republic of) Macedonia have at last reached agreement on their long-running dispute about the latter country’s name. There was a constructive meeting earlier in the year between […]
Today, the on-again, off-again summit between the erratic premiers of the USA and North Korea finally took place. The scene was set on Singapore’s Sentosa island as the star-spangled banner hung next to the Ramhongsaek Konghwagukgi. […]
The Group of 7 met this weekend for their annual summit in Quebec. It will have been hard to miss. Global leaders had managed, over the course of the weekend, to come up with wording […]
Why has there been a change of Prime Minister in Spain? The new Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, who had previously been leader of the largest opposition party, was sworn in by the King […]
