The recent events at Credit Suisse (CS) might come as a surprise to those who have hitherto viewed Swiss banks as trusted models…
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Silicon Valley Bank: A Bank Failure that Prompted Rapid Intervention by Government Regulators
On Friday 10 March 2023 and on the day before, long queues of anxious depositors formed outside branches of the Silicon Valley Bank…
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lllegal Migration Bill: A New Law to Deter Asylum Seekers from Crossing the English Channel in Small Boats
The UK Government’s latest attempt to rectify a flawed system for identifying and processing potential asylum seekers was disclosed by Home Secretary Suella…
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The Windsor Framework: A Resetting of UK-EU Relations and an Attempt to End the Stalemate in Northern Irish Politics
It was inevitable that, sooner or later, the messy Northern Ireland Protocol would have to be renegotiated to end the resulting economic fiasco…
During the month of February 2023, judging by personal experience and those of other shoppers across the country, and further confirmed by images…
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Gender Recognition Reform: A Factor in the Unexpected Departure of Scotland’s First Minister
On 15 February 2022, Nicola Sturgeon addressed a press conference, called at short notice at her official residence of Bute House, on Charlotte…
Towards the end of November 2022, OpenAI, a San Francisco-based “AI research and deployment company”, released ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) for unrestricted and…
Whatever the perceived benefits of the UK’s official withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020, there can be no denying that…
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Accelerated High Street Bank Branch Closures: Balancing Bank Profitability and the Needs of the Disadvantaged
Britain’s high streets are being transformed at a relentless pace. Cafés, fast-food outlets, barber shops, nail bars, and charity shops are taking over,…
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Strikes in Britain’s Public Services: A Manifestation of Dysfunctional Employee-Employer Relations
A series of disruptive strikes, growing discontent among workers, and escalating strike action, drawing in hitherto uninvolved sectors of the public services, has…