Articles in the Analysis Category
Next month will see the bicentenary of Colombia’s declaration of independence, but a united nation this is not. Since the mid to late 60s Colombia has been at war with itself, with a high cost of human life.
The budget has promised the ‘greenest government ever’. If so, kiss goodbye to any recovery.
The new head of the Ministry of Justice, Kenneth Clarke, states that a radical overhaul of the prison system is needed to reduce reoffending rates and make the service more efficient
America, like the rest of us, deserves a better class of secret agent, agents that Russia may perhaps still provide.
The road to democracy was bumpy for Kyrgyzstan but the country has laid a trail for other former-Soviet republics to follow: will the flood-gates now open?
The capture of 11 Russian ‘spies’ in suburban America would indicate a continuing of Cold War-era espionage. However, the softness of the claims being made suggests there is little deception involved.
Visions of Not the Nine o’ Clock News return as the government targets those who can’t fight back. But how fair are cuts to welfare in the grand scheme of things?
China signs a compassionate and historic trade deal with Taiwan after sixty years of dispute.
The Conservative policy of allowing parents and qualified teachers to establish schools sprang into action this month. Secular campaigners can take heart in the fact that Professor Richard Dawkins has recently expressed an interest in starting a free school.
The Home Secretary Theresa May has announced a limit on non-EU migrants who are able to come to the UK in the same week that the government is proposing welfare reform to push the unemployed into work. Is a cap on non-EU immigration good for the economy?
George Osborne has announced his intention to cut incapacity benefits by denying people the higher rate if tests reveal that they are actually able to work. This move would serve the dual purpose of addressing both the deficit and the languorous ‘benefit society’ for which the country has been criticised.
With England’s dramatic loss at the World Cup and it’s unanimous coverage in the press, why is so much emphasis placed on football?
