UK

Faced with future perils the British need to Keep Calm and Carry On

UK Harvey Morris - May 29, 2024.

One of the final initiatives of the outgoing UK government was to urge the public to stockpile food and other essentials for a possible major...

Lukewarm UK voters look to a Labour victory as the least bad option

UK Harvey Morris - May 22, 2024.

With Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yet to fire the starting gun on a UK general election, campaigning is effectively already under way for what is...

Britain’s struggling farmers lament that it never rains but it pours

UK Harvey Morris - May 15, 2024.

A season of record rainfall has added to the woes of British farmers already facing a crisis of rising production costs, low returns and inadequate...

Two cheers for London’s gilded Square Mile as politicians target economic growth

UK Harvey Morris - May 8, 2024.

The City of London has defied the more dire predictions of the impact of the UK’s departure from the European Union by maintaining its status...

Myth of the work-shy British obscures the debate on workplace reform

UK Harvey Morris - May 1, 2024.

Recent statements from a UK government struggling to contain a ballooning benefits bill risk reinforcing a long-standing prejudice that the British are a nation of...

China security fears fuel debate on UK university funding

UK Harvey Morris - April 23, 2024.

The UK’s financially hard-pressed universities are being challenged to rethink their reliance on recruiting students from China as the government considers measures to address the...

Next UK government must come clean on the cost of defence

UK Harvey Morris - April 17, 2024.

Responding to the challenges of an increasingly unstable world, Britain’s two main political parties have matched pledges to boost defence spending while remaining ominously vague...

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