So 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 …
Read MoreBoris remade Britain’s image as a mussy-haired wannabe with a slippery sense of propriety
by Rashmee
Posted on July 8, 2022
A columnist recently noted that “in the end, Boris Johnson’s government resembled a Ponzi scheme …
Read More‘Them’s the breaks’: Boris adopts an American accent
by Rashmee
Posted on July 7, 2022
When Boris Johnson said he would resign “the best job in the world” aka prime …
Read MoreThe G7 has returned to being a gentlemen’s club
by Rashmee
Posted on June 26, 2022
Today, leaders of some of the world’s biggest economies get together in the Bavarian Alps. …
Read MoreBritain’s local elections have national significance
by Rashmee
Posted on May 3, 2022
Fresh from helping organise a local elections hustings in my electoral ward, I can attest …
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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