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According to Wikipedia — that great bucket of facts that are not necessarily true — buyer’s remorse is the sense of regret after having made a purchase. It is frequently associated with the purchase of an expensive item such as a vehicle or real estate.Yep, and when it comes to buy...
A panel of judges sitting on the highest court in the United Kindgom has ruled that Scotland has no legal right to call a referendum on its future position within that very kingdom, will reverberate in the coming months, widening the already deep rift between those living north of the border and set...
British government is in a tough place with its public finances undermined by pandemic, Ukraine, inflation and BrexitDear Editor, can I have some more money please? As of Thursday morning, things just a lot worse for me, here, living and based mostly in the United Kingdom.On Thursday morning, as par...
If ever there was evidence needed that the Conservative party in the United Kingdom is no longer capable of acting in a single, cohesive manner then the current ill-manner tempest over Sir Gavin Williamson and his resignation from Cabinet provides ample evidence indeed.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak inc...
The first rule in politics says that when in trouble, blame someone else. And the second rules says that if you created that trouble, blame someone else.UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak may be in office now for two weeks — gosh, how almost tranquil it’s been since the turbulence of the Trus...
Forty-four days. That’s how long Liz Truss lasted at 10 Downing Street. And within seven days, the United Kingdom will have its third Prime Minister of 2022.We live in the strangest of times where the Conservative party seems ungovernable. That’s just the party. For the 66 million or so ...
So, let me get this right: The Chancellor the Exchequer in the United Kingdom is fired for doing exactly what his boss, Liz Truss told him to do?Just 38 days into his job, Kwasi Kwarteng, was summoned back to London from Washington — where he was meeting the International Monetary Fund in a fa...
There’s a story told about Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister, who supposedly took her closest cabinet colleagues out to dinner. As they examined the menus, the waiter went to the PM and asked what she wanted to eat.“I’ll have the steak” she said.“And ...
In the 10 days of national mourning in the United Kingdom that followed the death of Queen Elizabeth, all government business was put on hold.And that’s a good thing. Because in the 10 days that have followed, the government of new Prime Minister Liz Truss has managed to shred Britain’s ...
Between the death of Queen Elizabeth and the events unfolding now in the eastern portions of Ukraine, one might be forgiven for thinking that those two events were the only things that mattered on the continent of Europe.No, of course not. But significant events have been surpassed by the wall-to-wa...
This is a strange time to live in the United Kingdom. Like a vast majority of Britons, I have never known any other monarch than Queen Elizabeth.On Sep. 9, I watched events unfold as first, her doctors released a statement that they were concerned over her declining health, and then as the blanket c...
From the offset, Liz Truss was the front-runner when it came to replacing Boris Johnson as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.And for the grey, over 60s and southeast England Conservative party members, she was always going to be the safe choice.But “safe” doesn’t necessarily equ...
Trivia question: Who was Canada’s first and only female prime minister? The answer, you might know, is Kim Campbell, who led the vast North American nation for a little more than four months between late June and early November 1993.You deserve bonus points if you could provide details, such a...
In a little more than a week’s time, Liz Truss will most likely become the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, only the third woman to hold the position.As things stand now, she holds a commanding lead in support when it comes to the slightly less than 200,000 Conservative party members ...
In any typical Italian summer, August is reserved for long, lazy days on the beaches or relaxing in the cooler temperatures of the hills and mountains. For those who can afford it, getting out of Milan, Turin, Rome, or any other city is a must. When the mercury hits 40 degrees Celsius, cooler beds m...
As things stand now, there is every likelihood that Liz Truss will become the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in a little over a month’s time.With ballot papers in the process of being sent out to the Conservative party members up and down England, Scotland and Wales, Truss is adjudg...
On Wednesday, few trains were running up and down Britain as workers who maintain the tracks and those who drive the trains went on strike. It was the latest in a series of industrial actions that have paralysed the railways, with only about one train-in-five operating. Vast swathes of England, Scot...
For most of the earlier part of this week, much of Britain sweltered under temperatures that left Dulwich hotter than Dubai.It was hot. While 40 degrees Celsius might be the norm in the United Arab Emirates, in the United Kingdom, Britons were warned it could very well be the new summer norm as much...
Well, wasn’t that quite the week in Westminster, with what effectively amounted to a mini constitutional crisis as Boris Johnson was disinclined to resign as the UK’s prime minister until it became clear to him and his cabal of closest advisers that he would be very quickly removed by th...
For a couple of decades now, it seems, Colombia always tethered on the cusp of a new era, one that would leave behind the hard-left insurgencies and rehabilitate the rebels who fought for so long in steamy jungles for a Cold War ideology.There has been a hope too that the corruption that has been pa...
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