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Andrew Whitehead
World
Out of Power: A Look Back on the Global Election Year
The global health of democracy remains precarious when some of those who win elections do not seem to believe in the political system which brought them to power.
Dec 13, 2024
World
UK Protests: It’s Folly to Pick a Fight With the Farmers
Britain’s farmers don’t pack anything as powerful a political punch as their Indian counterparts. But it’s best to avoid a head-on fight with the agricultural lobby.
Nov 27, 2024
World
Hereditary Seats, Clerical Appointments and Other Anomalies in the British Parliament
Critics point out that the only other nation where religious leaders sit in parliament simply because of their clerical posts is Iran. This is not a comfortable comparison.
Oct 22, 2024
World
With Chagos, Finally the End of an Empire
Britain has clearly decided that he can’t deliver lectures about the need to abide by global treaties and be delinquent itself.
Oct 04, 2024
World
Pets, Polls and Populism: When Politicians Spout Venomous Lies Without Any Obvious Comeback
The Springfield pet-eating saga is a tale of an astonishing defence of deception during an election campaign to grub up votes. What’s even more worrying, it could work.
Sep 16, 2024
World
Ants, Mould and a Labour MP Cast a Shadow Over the New British Government
Labour MP Jas Athwal described himself as the renters’ champion. But he may have acted as the sort of errant landlord that he and his party complain about so loudly
Sep 02, 2024
World
UK Riots: Britain’s Far Right on the Rampage
Alongside the angry denunciations of racist thuggery, ministers will also have to consider how to defuse the deep unease about the scale of immigration in many parts of the country,
Aug 06, 2024
World
Kamala Up – Rishi Out – Indian Politicos Everywhere
Be it Britain or the US, on both sides of the Atlantic, politicians with a connection to India are becoming much more numerous and prominent.
Jul 24, 2024
Politics
Rishi Sunak Swept From Power in a Political Tidal Wave in the UK
Rishi Sunak chose to hold the election several months early to catch opposition parties by surprise; but his gambit has backfired, and the Conservatives’ collapse is more severe than appeared likely even a few weeks ago.
Jul 05, 2024
World
The Betting Scandal Rocking Britain’s Elections
The whole poorly-handled scandal has further corroded trust in the Conservative Party that was already sinking below the water line.
Jun 27, 2024
World
Britain’s Election Gets Nasty as Right-Wing Rival Says Sunak ‘Doesn’t Understand Our Culture’
The really damning case against Sunak is that he has repeatedly demonstrated poor political judgement.
Jun 11, 2024
World
Rishi Sunak's Last Stand
Britain’s prime minister has announced a surprise decision to hold a general election six months early, on July 4.
May 23, 2024
World
Britain's 'Infected Blood' Scandal Spotlights a Pattern: Failure, Inquiry, Redress, Repeat
What’s really corrosive is the gnawing anxiety that there must be other shocking scandals still to surface and other cover-ups still underway.
May 22, 2024
World
Diaspora Vigilance About India’s Democracy
Sometimes protests don’t quite land the message they want to disseminate.
May 07, 2024
World
What the World Is Reading Around India’s Lok Sabha Elections
On the Richter scale of news stories, India’s election is so far barely measuring a two – while the Middle East is a six even on quieter days, and a full-on seismic eight when salvos of drones and missiles fly across international borders.
Apr 18, 2024
World
The Blame – and the Shame – of Three Million Bengali Dead
The BBC audio series 'Three Million' presents the famine as living history rather than a distant episode.
Feb 26, 2024
World
The ‘Hindu Atheist’ Who Cracked the Glass Ceiling in UK Politics
Shreela Flather was unquestionably a pioneer, with the strength of character to succeed in areas which were not then welcoming to Asians, and certainly not to Asian women.
Feb 12, 2024
World
Ghana’s Stolen Crown Jewels Are Going Home – but Only for 3 Years
Exactly 150 years after they were plundered by a British military expedition, more than 30 exquisite pieces of Asante gold held by the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum are being returned to Ghana on a 'long-term loan'.
Jan 31, 2024
World
Trump Breaks the Ice in Iowa Even as American Politics Remains Frozen in the Past
Trump seems set to be the Republican candidate for a third successive presidential election, while Biden will be part of the Democratic ticket for the fourth time in five elections. America’s democracy seems to have lost the ability to renew itself.
Jan 18, 2024
World
India, US, UK, Bangladesh, Pakistan...Is 2024 the Biggest Election Year Ever?
More than 70 countries will hold nationwide elections of some sort.
Dec 29, 2023