For the British press, mocking politicians is a serious business. Journalistic satire – mercilessly rubbishing the airs and graces of the House of Commons’ finest – is as English as morning toast, afternoon te...
By virtue of the Edinburgh Agreement (2012) signed by the British Prime Minister and Scotland’s First Minister; on the 18th of September, the people of Scotland are going to decide whether they will remain in the United Kingd...
This is a rather significant departure from my normal writings. Usually, I tap out a piece on US politics or international affairs, or terrorism. This is different. This is something that I have been deliberating a lot on recen...
“The right to vote is a fundamental human right”… “Prisoners give up their right to vote when they commit criminal offences”. The cyclical debate is endless; but should prisoners denied this right be awarded compe...
Senior Foreign Office minister, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, resigned from the UK Government on Tuesday morning over Britain’s policy on Gaza. She posted her letter of resignation on Twitter just after 9AM, citing the UK gov...
In a response to David Cameron’s claim that Britain is still a Christian country, The British Humanist Association (BHA), alongside this open letter of complaint, published revelatory statistics to provide a more realistic...
In January 2013, David Cameron finally promised an “in” or “out” referendum on the membership of Great Britain within the European Union, after years of scepticism about the relationship between Britain and the other Eu...
The rank hypocrisy with which members of the Conservative party are standing up to praise Nelson Mandela is something that only those with a non-functioning manure detector can accept without feeling a degree of outrage. As Cam...
The 23rd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is being held in the capital city of Colombo, Sri Lanka, from the 15th – 17th of November 2013. The last CHOGM was held in 2011 in Perth, Australia and the first ever ...