Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, anointed in rainwater and undeterred by a poor showing in recent opinion polls, stood behind a podium in…
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.
For over a month, since the beginning of April 2024, Georgia’s capital city of Tbilisi has witnessed anti-government protests by mostly younger citizens…
The world’s largest democratic exercise got under way on 19 April 2024, when India’s 968, 821, 926 eligible voters-to be precise- set about…
The Nuffield Trust, a London-based independent health think-tank, published a research report entitled “The future for health after Brexit” on 18 April 2024.…
Each time someone is stabbed on the streets or in other public spaces of London or elsewhere in England, there are renewed calls…
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The “Shoplifting Epidemic” in England: The Intersection of Criminality, a Cost-of-Living Crisis, and Community Policing (or the lack of it)
In the words of Dame Sharon Lewis, chair of the John Lewis Partnership, we are in the midst of an “epidemic” of shoplifting…
In the run-up to the local government elections on 2 May 2024, one local issue concerning many voters across England is the poor…
Recent events testify to the destructive relationship between the states of Iran and Israel. To begin with, on 1 April 2024, an Israeli…
The Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People was commissioned by NHS England and NHS Improvement in the autumn…
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Britain’s Pension System: The Impact of Changing Demographics and the ‘Triple Lock’ on Retirement Income
From 8 April 2024, the first working day of the new tax year, United Kingdom pensioners will benefit from a controversial 8.5 per…