Tag: Britain
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Vicarious Pride
Today, Asian ethnicity (particularly Indian) is punching above its weight, and Rishi Sunak is amongst the foremost names bandied to replace Boris Johnson.
July 17, 2022 -
Rishi Sunak’s response to spelling error goes viral
Sunak was taking part in his first televised debate to pitch for the position of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when viewers pointed out that the campaign was misspelt as 'campiagn.' Sunak was then mocked by netizens for using incorrect spelling on his campaign poster.
July 16, 2022 -
Divided Tories
Those who drop out, in addition to their supporters, will now have to decide who they will pick in the next round of voting.
July 15, 2022 -
Boris dumped, but how do things change?
Even beyond the shared adoration for the Israeli variety of fascism, Star-mer has found little fault with Cons-er-vative policy at home or abroad.
July 14, 2022 -
No-go nation
The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and a few other British officials have been barred from entering Russia because of their support for Ukraine.
April 21, 2022 -
Britain must shed its elitist past
Many a story has come to light of individuals being obliged to maintain a distance from a dying parent around the same time that Johnson’s staff were busy socialising. Particularly cringeworthy, perhaps, was No.10’s abject apology to Buckingham Palace for a well-attended farewell do last April on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral — where Queen Elizabeth notably sat alone in a pew. (Mind you, the farewell wasn’t for Philip.)
January 20, 2022 -
Reprieve for Johnson
The Treasury chief, Rishi Sunak, a potential rival for the PM’s office, tweeted, ”I stand behind the PM hundred per cent as he takes our country forward. The PM was right to apologise and I do support his request for patience while Sue Gray, a public service veteran with a reputation as a straight-shooter, carries out her enquiry.”
January 15, 2022 -
India seeks early end to COVID quarantine row with Britain
The meeting with the British foreign minister came a day after the UK announced new COVID-related travel restrictions which have caused a furore in India.
September 21, 2021 -
G-7 grapples with Afghanistan, an afterthought not long ago
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said she expected questions about the Afghanistan evacuation timeline to be part the G-7 meeting.
August 24, 2021 -
Britain to decarbonise domestic transport by 2050
Cleaner transport will create and support highly skilled jobs, with the production of zero emission road vehicles alone having the potential to support tens of thousands of jobs worth up to 9.7 billion pound GVA in 2050.
July 14, 2021 -
Covid 3rd wave in UK ‘definitely underway’: Scientist
Epidemiologist Mike Tildesley said he is "cautiously hopeful" that hospital admissions in Britain will not be on the same scale as in January
June 20, 2021 -
British lawmakers to use legislative power to prevent Super League
Six of Britain's Premier League clubs have joined forces with six other big clubs from Italy and Spain to plan the new league.
April 21, 2021 -
Britain to increase nuclear stockpile in foreign policy reverse
A total of 191 states, including Britain, have joined the treaty.
March 17, 2021 -
India to take up racism issues with Britain when required: Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister was responding to concerns raised by a BJP MP over racism that forced Indian-origin Rashmi Samant to resign as president of the Oxford University Students Union
March 16, 2021 -
United States expected to approve low-cost AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine in April: Report
Moncef Slaoui, the chief advisor to Operation Warp Speed, the military-led US effort for vaccines, told reporters that US trials and assessments would be complete for approval "sometime in early April."
December 31, 2020 -
‘The deal is done’: Boris Johnson after Britain, European Union struck post-Brexit trade deal
'We have finally found an agreement,' the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said.
December 25, 2020 -
New coronavirus variant discovered in Britain is not yet out of control: WHO
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock had earlier claimed the new variant was "out of control", with British officials saying it was 70 per cent more transmissible than the main strain.
December 22, 2020