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British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne leaves 11 Downing Street in London on July 13, 2016. AFP

Rory Stewart gives disenchanted account of UK politics in new book

The new book by Rory Stewart, an erstwhile member of parliament, is quite a hefty tome. At well over 400 pages, it would have benefited from some judicious editing.

Bryn Haworth 10 October 2023
A newly-elected Member of the British Parliament taking the Oath of Allegiance. Very little has changed in how a Parliamentary session appears today, except the clothing and the admission of women as MPs. From ‘The Graphic - An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper’ from 4th March 1882. (Getty)

A Brief History of Political Shifts in Britain

Like its friend across the Atlantic Sea, the United Kingdom has had a long history of a two-party democratic system. While today people associate the two-party system with the Conservative Party and…

Ali El Shamy 26 April 2019
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Why Europe’s gold is on the move

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Headlines have centred on the flight of bullion while commentators have speculated about the prompts. The reality is a little more nuanced

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From Gaza to Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan, Iraq, and Algeria, this year's Arab Oscar submissions explore stories of conflict, displacement, memory, and survival

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