The aeroplane was one of the major technological innovations of the 20th century. The advent of passenger air travel opened up the world,…
Calls for stricter immigration control have featured prominently in British political discourse ever since the latest waves of mass migration to the UK…
A perception of "widespread" electoral fraud has led to plans to introduce compulsory photographic ID for voters at polling stations, thereby preventing voter…
In October 2019, Prime Minister Boris Johnson submitted a new proposal to the European Union (EU), with a view to getting Brexit "done"…
A British Heart Foundation (BHF) briefing titled 'Bias and Biology: How the gender gap in heart disease is costing women's lives' was published…
There is a new form of climate change about. A "toxic climate" has been developing in the UK, affecting both parliamentary and public…
A well-known test for public intoxication required the subject to repeat the phrase "British Constitution" without slurring the words. It is easy to…
During the early hours of Monday, 23 September 2019, the Thomas Cook Group, a giant global tour operator and British high street icon,…
Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, an extended-release preparation of oxycodone, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for…
David Cameron's political memoirs, For the Record, have just appeared in print (September 2019), adding to the already fraught, tiresome and ever- escalating…