The US-led war on Iran has created a very dangerous geopolitical - not because it is likely to become World War 3 but because what could ...

Britain goes into the May elections in a state of political volatility that now feels normal but should not. The coming contests on 7 May 2026 include local g ...

Who Will Win the 21st Century? In the long mirror of history, centuries are not just units of time, hey are epochs of ascendancy, chapters in ...

The information below is the latest human Rights Country Report available From the United States of America’s State Department focused on Rwanda. This is the ‘executive summary’ and it makes very ...

The UK’s disastrous “mini” Budget can trace its origins back to Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. The economic costs of Brexit were masked by the Covid-19 pandemic and the crisis in ...

Social housing, the only tenure reliably affordable to low-income households, has been eroded for over 40 years. But some statistics stand out more than others. For instance, government statistics ...

However, this 2021 will bring us new things to focus on – not least Covid-19 of course, but the ongoing saga that is Brexit and escalating government corruption and general abuse of office by Boris ...

One of the most significant ways the internet and social media have undermined critical thinking is by creating echo chambers. These are online spaces where individuals are exposed primarily to ...

In August 2023, according to Statista – 65 per cent of British people thought that the economy was the top issue facing the country. This compares with 40 per cent who think that public health or the ...

Capitalism’s foundational tenet is that free markets, driven by competition and innovation, generate wealth that benefits society as a whole. However, this idea rests on the assumption that the ...

Fully 84% of Britons say the government seems tired of governing. This includes 49% who see it as “very tired”. It won’t surprise anyone, but 90% of Labour voters also think so. But what does surprise ...

The total number of Ukrainian and Russian troops killed or wounded since the war in Ukraine began 18 months ago is nearing 500,000, U.S. officials said, a staggering toll as Russia assaults its ...