With Donald Trump continuing to rail against trade deals via his own brand of virulent protectionism, while Theresa May paints a blurry picture of a post-Brexit Britain becoming a ‘global trading nation’ precisely in order to make itself great, at first glance it might seem like the two leaders are separated by more than an ocean. In fact many of…
Finding themselves in an especially intolerant mood at the moment, the Daily Mail and The Sun have been rounding on child migrants to Britain, accusing the majority of them of lying about their age. Almost 200 arrived amid the clearing of the Calais Jungle, vulnerable or with family connections already in the United Kingdom, but the Mail and the Sun…
Blithe or rabid comparisons to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party are never hard to come by in any walk of life, but when they’re not confined to internet forums and Twitter, recently in British politics they have been as much a preserve of the right. Take for instance the New Labour fanatic and prominent party donor Michael Foster, who after…
Chuka Umunna has kept more or less to the shadows since withdrawing last spring from the race for the Labour leadership – just three days after he announced his candidacy, when he realised to his horror that by running he might draw the attention of the press. He has remained politically active, but has largely carried himself within the confines of…
Even counting their regular customers, few probably appreciate the significance of the bell pepper for trendy chain hamburger restaurant Byron. While the restaurant boasts cuts of ‘properly sourced’ British beef as the star attraction, the humble workaday bell pepper features across several hamburgers, adds substance to vegetarian meals, comes as an optional extra topping, and spices up the brand’s sauce. In red, orange, yellow,…
After meeting for the first time with Germany’s Angela Merkel and France’s Francois Hollande, newly ordained UK Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to announce that post-Brexit, the nation is ready to accept the free movement of its people. ‘British citizens’, May will say in a speech scheduled for sometime later, ‘should expect to continue to be allowed to travel and…
As she outlined her credentials and sought to shrug off claims that the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom must be he who can loudest shout ‘Brexit!’, Theresa May admitted that bitterness and strife are the way of today’s Conservative Party, pointing the finger squarely at asylum seekers and immigrants. Brushing aside questions about her rival Michael Gove – suggesting that ‘What…
