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Britain's first Indian-origin Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. (Photo: AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Don’t Tories know immigration can bring UK into a globalised world?

The ambivalently named Illegal Migration Bill is now passing through the House of Lords. It’s in trouble

20 May 2023 12:00 AM

Farrukh Dhondy | Hedgie desperate to clean up mess, as BoJo all out to return to No. 10

BoJo signed a deal whereby the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland would remain open for the passage of goods

25 Feb 2023 12:05 AM

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: AFP)

Charles Marquand | Amid Europe tumult, will UK rejoin single market?

If Mr Putin loses, Russia’s weaknesses will be glaringly obvious and he will probably be finished.

20 Jan 2023 12:42 AM

Cover photo of 'Between You, Me and the Four Walls' by Moni Mohsin (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | A frothy retelling of the journey of Pak & the world in last 8 yrs

Review of 'Between You, Me and the Four Walls' by Moni Mohsin

06 Nov 2022 1:55 AM

Farrukh Dhondy | Are days already numbered for Hedgie Sunak? Third cheer soon

Already the unions, railway workers and medical staff, including 80,000 nurses, have declared that they will go on strike. Apocalypse soon?

05 Nov 2022 12:05 AM

Britain's Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss, leaves from Balmoral Castle in Ballater, Scotland, on September 6, 2022, after meeting with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and being invited to form a Government. (Photo: AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Can a ‘flexible’ Liz Truss usher in ‘Global Britain’?

Long the front-runner in the race to replace Boris Johnson, Ms Truss is the Conservatives’ fourth Prime Minister since the 2015 election

07 Sep 2022 12:05 AM

More seriously, Brexit has caused a shortage of health service staff — from doctors, to nurses, auxiliaries and ambulance drivers. (Representational Image. AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Turning ‘human’ migrants into a political weapon: UK crisis mounts

Some commentators and Twitterers insist that they be called 'humans, not migrants'

27 Nov 2021 2:55 AM

The sense of freedom was palpable in the UK in mid-September. Representational Image. (AFP)

Ranjona Banerji | It’s like 1980s redux as UK feels Brexit pain

The stranglehold of the pandemic was such that all societies now strain at the leash for freedom

24 Oct 2021 3:42 AM

The shortages, Prime Minister BoJo has already proclaimed, will force industry and haulage companies to pay higher wages which will then turn the UK into a contemporary superpower. Representational Image. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Brexit’s effects hit UK harder: ‘Gig’ workers bear the brunt

The ships' departure will lead to the imports not reaching industries and consumer goods not reaching the shelves of retailers

18 Oct 2021 1:08 AM

In this file photo taken on October 17, 2018 Students hold up Sinn Fein anti-Brexit placards during a rally against Brexit and any hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland outside Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Photo: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Brexit triggers panic buying: Can this Angela rescue Labour?

There has been 'panic buying' over Christmas gifts as well

14 Oct 2021 7:45 AM

The shortage of fuel to vehicles is not the only acute crisis that Britain is suffering. (AFP Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | I told you so… UK fuel crisis shows fears on Brexit justified

No, gentle reader, the supply of fuel had not been curtailed by the oil-fields of the world being flooded by climate-change tsunamis

02 Oct 2021 1:45 AM

AA Edit | Doors open for young Indians

It is another matter that India is unable to offer every aspirational student an opportunity to excel because of various constraints

03 Jul 2021 12:40 AM

It was a long complicated Bill but after four-and-a-half years of bickering and three Prime Ministers, Parliament approved the Bill by 11 pm. Then the Queen, as Head of State, signed it near midnight and the UK had legally approved of Brexit (Representational Image: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | UK’s ‘freedom’ at midnight; Queen’s NY honours go to 89 Brit Indians

2020 had one last blow to deliver. Partly responsible was the super-super spreader mutation of Covid-19

04 Jan 2021 4:32 AM

As the saying goes, Britannia may have ruled the waves and now it has disastrously decided to waive the rules (Representational Image: AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | At last, Britain is free of EU… Now see who’ll make it great!

The EU was the insurance and safeguard against the global dominance of the American and Chinese hegemonies

02 Jan 2021 12:15 AM

A motorcyclist rides on a deserted street in Paris on December 15, 2020, as a new 8:00 pm-6:00am curfew is implemented in France to avoid a third wave of coronavirus infections. The curfew will be waived for Christmas Eve in order to allow families to travel to celebrate together but it will be kept in place for New Year's Eve. (MARTIN BUREAU / AFP)

Kishwar Desai | End in sight to Brexit limbo; Xmas lockdown a big dampener

Between A for anxiety, B for Brexit and C for Coronavirus, we may need a new alphabet and a new language to express our feelings about 2020

21 Dec 2020 9:04 AM

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Boris’ fumbling holds lessons for the world

While British waters are much richer in fish than the seas surrounding Europe, British trawlers make their money selling to European nations

10 Dec 2020 12:05 AM

Red, white and blue lights illuminate 10 Downing Street, the official residence of Britain's prime minister, in central London on January 31, 2020, after Britain left the European Union at 2300GMT. Brexit supporters gathered outside parliament to cheer Britain's departure from the European Union following three years of epic political drama.(AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Had UK Home Secy been in post in 60s, she wouldn’t be here at all

Patel suggested immigrants who attempt to cross the English Channel to land illegally in Britain, should be transported to St Helena

03 Oct 2020 7:00 AM

n this file photo taken on March 7, 2020 Britain's prime minister Boris Johnson (left) with his partner Carrie Symonds attend the Six Nations international rugby union match between England and Wales at the Twickenham in west London. Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds have named their son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson in a tribute to their grandfathers and the doctors who helped save the prime minister's life. (AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy: Won’t Boris be on paternal leave after weeks off for coronavirus?

Boris is entitled to paternal leave of absence from his job

03 May 2020 3:47 PM

Finally, Britain makes historic exit from EU

Celebrations and tears as a divided and uncertain nation sets out to cut its own path in the world

01 Feb 2020 7:31 AM

Britain bids farewell to EU, hails new start

Britain becomes the first country to leave the 28-member bloc

31 Jan 2020 1:46 PM

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