UK

Christmas is supposed to be a season of joy, relaxation, and merriment. I mean, surely the joyous spirit of the holidays will instill optimism in every home, even those with incomplete family members? Well, the latest figures implied otherwise. Just before the clock strikes twelve and everybody greets everybody a ‘Happy Christmas’, the Office for […]

To exert pressure on the government to raise their wages, junior doctors have embarked on their longest-running pay strike to date. Doctors walking out, them striking along the picket lines with signs urging for bigger pay, isn’t a new scenario in the streets of England. And yet, as demonstrated by another strike this Christmas, not […]

We all know how crazy and carefree we can all get during the holidays—embarking on whimsical adventures, going on a shopping spree, travelling on the spur of the moment—it’s all part of the festive spirit. To a degree, we’re all just really trying to satisfy our wants, if only for a month.  This londoner, however, […]

While artificial intelligence (AI) has brought convenience and tremendous progress to humanity, it also presents a threat to our society. The majority of this ‘supposed threat’ primarily comes from its misuse, and a prime example of this is the use of deepfakes to spread wrong information online. What are deep fakes? Images or videos known […]

As one of the most successful bond investors, Daniel Ivascyn’s foresight when it comes to macro-economic trends and government bonds is scarcely wrong. So when he told the Financial Times this week that the UK is at high risk of a serious economic downturn, it triggered another wave of worry for the nation. More hard-landing […]

“Never say never” seemed to be the recurring theme of PM Rishi Sunak’s campaign this year, as he gallantly continued to patch up the gaping holes in the government that he inherited last October. Despite his efforts, however, a span of more than a year is simply too short a time to accomplish some enormous […]

Populism has long been speculated to be on the brink of dominating the political landscape in Britain. The country’s biggest shake-up in decades came in 2016 with the Brexit vote, which was heavily centered around a populist platform and was mainly influenced by a prime example of what a populist leader might look like, Nigel […]

On top of the Rwanda Bill, the Conservative Party has one more problem that they need to address: a shortage of MP candidates.  Previously, their former chairman, Greg Hands, had intended to have 100 prospective MPs lined up by the time the party hosted its annual conference in Manchester in October.   However,  around that time, […]

The leaders of Italy, the UK, and Albania gathered in Rome this week in an effort to curb illegal immigration.  This year, the three heads of state have made their positions on illegal immigration quite clear, with the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pushing for a bill that will deport the asylum seekers who entered […]

Christmas is fast approaching, and yet multinational families living in the UK are still left in shambles. This depressing scenario was set off earlier this month when the home secretary, James Cleverly, announced that the government is planning to implement a new income threshold of £38,700  for Britons who plan to bring over their foreign […]

This year marked the start of a new era for the British government, which has taken a ‘draconian’ step in lowering the number of asylum seekers who enter the country through illegal means.  It presented the Rwanda Bill, which states that asylum seekers who cross the English Channel in inflatable boats will be deported to […]

The cracks within the Conservative Party have long been present, occasionally reminding British citizens that they’re not, at times, united. With the emergence of the Rwanda Bill, however, their division became even more apparent and serious.  And the one facing the most ordeal out of the situation is none other than British Prime Minister Rishi […]

The prospect of anti-EU populist Nigel Farage returning to UK politics following his audacious appearance on the television program “I am a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!” has been tugging at the curiosity of Britons for the past few weeks. Since his popularity surged, particularly even more so this year, Farage has caused a […]

Coming off his fresh victory in the House of Commons, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak took to social media to reflect back on the government’s successful year. In the post, the No. 10 detailed the administration’s top three achievements this year, namely halving inflation, cutting taxes, and increasing the national living wage. We’ve been working […]

PM Rishi Sunak escaped a close call on Tuesday evening as his “Safety of Rwanda” (Asylum and Immigration) legislation survived its first parliamentary vote in the House of Commons. Holly Patrick of The Independent reported that “large shouts of aye” had echoed throughout the chamber after the bill passed by 313 votes to 269, a […]