Al Fayed simply lived in the wrong era of British politics
by Rashmee
Posted on September 2, 2023
When Mohamed Al Fayed passed away, he took with him a memory of a Britain …
Read MoreFrom ULEZ to ULose, WeLose in London’s dirty political business of pollution
by Rashmee
Posted on July 24, 2023
ULose. I wish I could take credit for the majestic formulation, a pun on London’s …
Read MoreIn having nothing to say about Rishi Sunak, new Tory MP Steve Tuckwell said it all
by Rashmee
Posted on July 22, 2023
Rishi Sunak seems to have hideously good luck. For instance, he became prime minister but …
Read MoreWhy BoJo’s Dallas dinner with Trump didn’t make the NYT
by Rashmee
Posted on May 26, 2023
As I headed to Texas from Arizona, so it seemed had Donald Trump. And Boris …
Read MoreSo Boris Johnson’s comeback trail, like that of Liz Truss, runs through Washington, DC?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 2, 2023
On the last day of January, Boris Johnson was wandering around Capitol Hill, meeting and …
Read MoreReady for Rishi’s report card? Reassuringly boring
by Rashmee
Posted on November 11, 2022
It’s coming up to Rishi Sunak’s three-week anniversary as Britain’s prime minister and it’s …
Read MoreThe harm Brexit & its opportunistic cheerleaders have done will be felt for years
by Rashmee
Posted on October 31, 2022
If you want to understand the lunacy of Brexit, read Mandrake in ‘The New European’. …
Read MoreThe parallels between ‘Britain Trump’ and the real American thing are overstated
by Rashmee
Posted on July 12, 2022
Remember when Donald Trump described Boris Johnson as “Britain Trump”? Quite apart from being ungrammatical, …
Read MoreBuxton Tories speak their minds about MPs who want to reverse the order and be PM
by Rashmee
Posted on July 11, 2022
I was reminded of how London-centred the British media is when the BBC’s weekend roundup …
Read MoreBoris boosterism and bluster won’t keep Brexit Britain’s reality hidden forever
by Rashmee
Posted on July 9, 2022
Boris Johnson’s premiership epitomised a change in tone and apparent temperament for Britain. In the …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK