Opinion

Public docility gives Boris Johnson a free pass

Forgive me for using a broad brush but I cannot help but conclude that Britons may moan about government policies but are ultimately accepting. We are stereotypically known for our stiff upper lips and ability to weather all storms with our calm demeanours, unlike those emotional Latin types poised ...

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Abbas should consider calling Netanyahu’s bluff

US President Trump’s monarchical-style edict masquerading as a deal was received with fury in Ramallah and has been rejected by the Arab League as well as the United Nations. It is no wonder that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas promptly turned down this gift to an Israeli prime ministe...

Opinion

Where the homeless are ignored and vilified

Imagine being obliged to sleep shivering on the street or under canvas in the dead of winter. For most of us curled-up and cosy under our duvets with the TV remote at the ready such a dreadful scenario is so alien that it rarely crosses our minds.Perhaps our sympathies occasionally extend to the mil...

Opinion

Brexit: Britain is sleepwalking to self-harm

The UK is undergoing its severest crisis since the Second World War. The country is rudderless. Its politicians are self-serving and at each others’ throats. The people are divided, angry and confused. The world looks on aghast at the mess created three years ago when Prime Minister David Came...