[카테고리:] Politics
Outer Space The Arrival of Cosmos Capitalism
Crew-1 Mission. Credits: SpaceX / Flickr His beady, red eyes filled with tears and his bottom lip trembled. It was the year 2012, and Elon Musk had just been told by Scott Pelley in an interview that his personal heroes…
Britains Five Moments that Changed the Pandemic for the Worse
Credits: Tugce Gungormezler / Unsplash It has been no secret that Britain’s fight against COVID-19 has been nothing short of catastrophic. At the time of writing, Britain’s total death toll has exceeded 100,000. It is also currently listed as the…
Goodbye, Liar
07/07/2022. London, United Kingdom. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes his resignation statement outside Number 10 Downing Street. Picture by Tim Hammond / No 10 Downing Street Boris Johnson’s resignation as prime minister is not just a portentous political event. His…
Boris Johnson Has an Optimism Problem
Credits: Andrew Parsons / Flickr In January last year, Boris Johnson was feeling buoyant. The Conservative Party had won its biggest majority since 1987, the Labour Party had been outvoted into near-oblivion and the Brexit debate that had tortured Britain…
What the Pandemic Revealed About Human Behaviour
Manuel Jota / Unsplash During the pandemic, a lot of assumptions were made about how people behave. Many of those assumptions were wrong, and they led to disastrous policies. Several governments worried that their pandemic restrictions would quickly lead to…
Brexit Isnt Working
The alarmists were right. This is the conclusion economist Umair Haque comes to in his exposition of the links between Brexit and the shortages of fuel, food and labour being experienced by British businesses and consumers. Leaving the EU means…
The Unbearable Incompetence of Boris Johnsons Minions
Credits: Air Force Master Sgt. Angelita M. Lawrence / Flickr There is a reason why Lord North has long been described as the most incompetent prime minister in British history: the pot-bellied statesman lost Britain its American colonies. During his…
The Monarchy Has a History of Dismissing Womens Suffering
Prince Andrew has repeatedly denied claims of sexual assault, stemming from his friendship with convicted sex offender and underage sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Now, he faces a civil lawsuit in New York by Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, who claims Andrew sexually…
The Zero COVID Strategy is Unrealistic
Ben Griffiths / Unsplash Around the world, countries are having to strike a balance between COVID-19 cases and restrictions. In the UK and the US, daily new cases number in the thousands, but restrictions and limitations are being lifted. In…