Between June 2015 and June 2016, several parents of newborn infants were badly let down by the Countess of Chester Hospital in northern…
Small Boat Crossings in the English Channel: Observations on a Crisis in Britain’s Asylum System
Ashis Banerjee ">Ashis Banerjee 0On the 4th of January 2023, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak publicly identified five key priorities for the new year. His speech on…
Military chiefs from ten out of the 15 member states of ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) gathered for an emergency summit…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…