Military chiefs from ten out of the 15 member states of ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) gathered for an emergency summit…
Author: Ashis Banerjee
I qualified at medical school forty years ago and used to be an emergency doctor in London. I have no affiliations of any sort. At a time of information overload and "fake news" I believe there is a place for unbiased evidence, free from opinions. Opinions are for people to form based on facts. I am tired of pointless and time-consuming debate over information readily available in the public domain.
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North Sea Oil and Gas: Drilling for Dwindling Resources in the Pursuit of “Energy Security”
Ashis Banerjee ">Ashis Banerjee 0Come the last day in July 2023, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak granted hundreds of new oil and natural gas exploration licenses in…
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De-Banking: A Reappraisal in the Light of Recent Events
Ashis Banerjee ">Ashis Banerjee 0Populist politician Nigel Farage, former leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and then of the Brexit Party, shared a video on Twitter…
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Higher Education in England: A Question of Value for Money?
Ashis Banerjee ">Ashis Banerjee 0British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, writing in The Telegraph on 17 July 2023, lamented the state of higher education in the country. He…
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The Captain Tom Foundation: A Tale of Celebrity, Charity, and Controversy
Ashis Banerjee ">Ashis Banerjee 0It is never too late to become a celebrity, and not even a lockdown can contain the “viral” spread of explosive fame, as…
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The French Riots of June/July 2023: A Clash of Parallel Societies
Ashis Banerjee ">Ashis Banerjee 0Seventeen-year-old Nahel Merzouk, the only child of an Algerian mother and an absentee father, was shot in the chest by a police officer…
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Thames Water: A Reappraisal of the Mass Privatisation of Britain’s Utilities
Ashis Banerjee ">Ashis Banerjee 0Thames Water Utilities Limited, the UK’s largest water and wastewater services company, headquartered in Reading and serving 15 million customers across London and…
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Serial Interest Rate Hikes: Cooling Britain’s Economy the Painful Way
Ashis Banerjee ">Ashis Banerjee 0As expected, seven out of the nine members of the Monetary Policy Committee voted on 21 June 2023 to increase the Bank of…
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ULEZ Expansion in Greater London: A Politicised Issue
Ashis Banerjee ">Ashis Banerjee 0As of 29 August 2023, central London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) will spread beyond its existing confines- up to, but not including, the…
Ten days before his 59th birthday, and on the day his underwhelming Resignation Honours’ list was released for public scrutiny, Mr. Boris Johnson abruptly…