Britain Must Chart Its Own Path Regarding China
Trump’s transactional approach to diplomacy is well known, and his willingness to sacrifice allies for short-term gains should serve as a warning to the UK.
Feb 21, 2025
It’s Time to Chart a Right Course for UK-China Relations
The rapprochement in UK-China relations should be regarded as a welcome development in an increasingly tumultuous global environment.
Nov 21, 2024
Embracing the Year of the Dragon
British people from all walks of life and backgrounds have been increasingly taking Chinese New Year to their hearts. It has become part of our culture and calendar.
Feb 8, 2024
Is China a Threat to Britain?
The reality is that the Foreign Affairs Committee found no evidence that China is a threat to Britain.
Jan 17, 2023
Britain’s Monarchy, Real and Imagined
It is questionable whether the new King Charles III can reverse what has been a long but small decline in the popularity of the monarchy.
Oct 14, 2022
Truss’s Tenure Begins with a Storm of Challenges
Falling incomes, surging power bills, and economic stagnation all beset the United Kingdom, yet rhetoric is the least effective for addressing poor economic performance, creating jobs, or bringing inflation under control.
Sep 13, 2022
Britain’s Future: to Truss or Not to Truss
The next British prime minister will either be a quitter or a stayer.
Jul 26, 2022
Boris Johnson’s Downfall and a Britain in Crisis
He leaves amidst an economy that is in a state of contraction, faces skyrocketing inflation, shrinking living standards, growing industrial unrest, pushes for separatism in Scotland, and a pandemic that has left over 181,000 people dead.
Jul 18, 2022
When Not to Party: The Weakness of British Democracy
If national leaders are to be virtuous, this must surely be true of leading nations; there is no virtue in breaking international law.
Jun 1, 2022
Remember the Past, Plan for the Future
It is no longer the case that China is distant and remote. These days, it is a part of most people in education’s lived environment.
May 10, 2022Who Will Gain Most Politically from the Crisis?
Anti-Russia Cold War passions and prejudices are being stoked by the media and politicians, leaving many people in Britain under the illusion that Russia’s aim is to control much of Eastern Europe, if not the whole continent.
Apr 13, 2022
Did 2021 Mark the Year of Boris Johnson’s Unraveling?
The Conservative Party now sits considerably behind the Labour Party in the polls, its worst scoring in years, while the Prime Minister faces ever-growing discontent from his backbenches.
Jan 4, 2022