Category: Analysis

It was Margaret Thatcher who famously said that in politics, the unexpected always happens. And the latest evidence for that is a series of bizarre twists in the political fallout over Scunthorpe…

It is not like Sudan’s brutal civil war has been forgotten. The horrific consequences of a power struggle between two factions who once served the same government, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)…

I’m not sure their police officers felt the same from the looks on their faces, but the King and Queen, we’re told, were on a “huge high” after making their way through…

There’s a naive tendency among some in Westminster to think certain issues are so serious they can be removed from party politics. Perhaps sadly, the reverse is often true. Scandals like child…

If you want your royal visit to have an impact, then a fly past, covering the skies over Rome with smoke in the colours of the UK and Italian flags, is probably…

They weren’t going for understated as the King and Queen arrived in Rome, with two fighter jets accompanying their plane, emblazoned with its Union flag paintwork. At a time of heightened global…

The US Supreme Court is where the country’s constitution will be tested. Its nine judges have been presented with a number of cases that challenge actions taken by the Trump administration. Their…

A major global economic shock is taking place; it’s duration unknown, it’s severity anyone’s guess, and no one has a surefire way of stopping it because it’s all based on the proclivities…

Of course this is dramatic. Of course markets are slumping. Because if you take Donald Trump at his word (something investors are now finally beginning to do), he is attempting single-handedly to…

The contrast could not have been more stark.  The elation of those who wanted Yoon Suk Yeoul out, and the despondency of those who stuck by him. The former cried and danced…