Rishi Sunak’s latest bright idea, the road pricing scheme, is rumoured to be on the way after fuel tax revenues fell due to people’s gradual move to electric cars. People…
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One of the little con tricks of politics is to call any type of public spending “investment”. Far too often, taxpayers’ money – whether splashed at some grand projet or…
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Violence in Ethiopia’s northern state of Tigray has escalated in recent weeks, with hundreds of soldiers and an untold number of civilians killed in a worsening dispute between regional forces…
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It is not difficult to see that opponents of conservatism are united under an overarching goal: the social re-engineering of society. They may all not agree on the details, they…
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It seems every political issue has come increasingly to resemble a moral ‘rumble in the jungle’. The latest issue to fall victim to moral pugilists is the Free School Meals…
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South America
Politics divides Brazilians in the way football never did
by Ariel Lazariby Ariel LazariYou have probably heard that football plays an important role in Brazilian culture. Pelé, Garrincha, Ronaldo, and many others have all made sure that the world knows that Brazil was…
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Men, dressed as women, read stories to children in a Sacramento public library, prompting a debate among American conservatives. This debate was interesting as it did not concern the presidential…
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Last week, the Chinese government was elected to the UN’s Human Rights Council – a body which is made of 47 member nations – whose mission is to promote and…