England’s national day passes each year with far less recognition than it deserves. St George’s Day should be a moment of shared pride, reflection, and celebration, yet it remains an ordinary day for most people….
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The annual Great British Spring Clean, organised by Keep Britain Tidy, is underway between 13th March and 29th March. But how British is it? Keep Britain Tidy brands itself exclusively as British and people and…
British MPs voted yesterday to abolish the right to trial by jury for cases with a sentence of up to 3 years in England and Wales. The right to trial by jury of your peers…
The UK’s Department for Health & Social Care has imposed a new contract on GPs practising in England and the British Medical Association is unhappy about it. The UK’s Minister for Care, Stephen Kinnock, presented…
British MPs are about to receive an inflation-busting 5% pay rise, justified by an apparent increase in their workload and a hostile working environment. Whether the ~£98k a year salary reflects the importance and responsibility…
England is not alone in the challenges it faces in the future. Europe is facing one of its most unsettled political moments in decades. Fuelled by economic uncertainty, migration pressures, lack of energy security, and…
Over in Europe the beautiful country of Switzerland might just have a lesson for us in democracy that we might profit from. They combine a representative Parliamentary system, a bit like ours, but with more…
The UK government has been busy rolling out its programme of regional mayors in England under the banner of “English devolution”. What is being called “English devolution” is not devolution, it is local government reorganisation….
Contrary to popular misconception, the Battle of the Boyne (Ireland) never took place on July 12th, 1690. It was initially scheduled for the 11th of that month due to the Gregorian Calendar shift, and then…
This week, the British Parliament passed the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill by 314 votes to 291, legalising assisted dying in England and Wales. Eagle eyed readers might have noticed something isn’t quite…