by Veronique de Rugy I have always thought that the comparison of United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson to US president Donald Trump was unfair to Johnson. And while admittedly I am no Boris Johnson expert, I do have his speech from February 3th to prove the injustice of the comparison. In fact, the more I read…
Mary Margaret Olohan Prosecutors dropped an investigation into 2010 rape allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday. Assange, 48, is being held in prison in Britain, but the investigation has been discontinued, according to Politico. The decision came after a Swedish court ruled in June that Assange would not be detained. “I want to inform about…
Shelby Talcott – Britain has reacted poorly to Prince Andrew’s Saturday BBC interview about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, with many saying that they don’t buy his arguments. – Prince Andrew has denied allegations from Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre that he had sex with her when she was 17 years old. He continued to deny…
After days of optimistic leaks and rumors, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has done what the European Union said was impossible. He’s successfully re-opened the bad Brexit deal struck by former Prime Minister Theresa May, and won a new deal that is significantly better for Britain. The light is now flashing green for Brexit. The…
Amid rousing heckling and sneering in the boisterous UK Parliament, Boris Johnson became strikingly weak as a Prime Minister. On September 3rd, Phillip Lee, a Conservative Tory MP but strident supporter of remaining in the EU, joined the Liberal coalition. This means that Johnson officially lost his voting majority in parliament. Lee’s defection comes amidst growing…
After months of rising tensions between Iran, the US, and its allies, Iran has seized two British-maned ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
If someone from the 17th century came back to life, he or she would be surprised, most of all, by the means of transport and communication tools we use now. Probably, the most familiar things would be hospitals and schools. Personally, I think that there is something that would very surprise a person from those…