Paul Whiteley University of Essex Paul Whiteley obtained Masters and Doctoral degrees at the University of Essex. His first academic post was as lectureship in Politics and Statistics at Kingston Polytechnic in West London before moving to the University of Bristol as a lecturer in Politics where he stayed for
familyfirst.org.nz At last, some common sense based on biological facts. Medical experts at the UK’s National Health Service have now admitted that: “most children who think they are transgender are going through a ‘transient phase’ and will grow out of it.” Is this ‘transient phase’ the result
righttolife.org.uk Today marks the 55th anniversary of the Abortion Act receiving Royal Assent. Since then, a staggering 10,021,618* unborn babies have lost their lives to abortion across England, Wales and Scotland. In 2021, more than one baby was lost to abortion every two and a half
A few years ago I took part in an online discussion with various political junkies, mostly psephologists from British universities including a couple of well known ‘election experts’ from Nuffield College, Oxford, and I gained a certain reputation when I pointed out where they were mistaken. Typically for left wingers
Given the obvious state of Joe Biden’s permanent rinse-cycle brain, perhaps he thought he was at one of Hunter’s meth’n’hooker parties when he hosted a man in a dress at the White House. The only thing that probably puzzled him was that this one was too
Stephen Clear Bangor University Originally from London, Stephen has been teaching at Bangor University Law School in North Wales, United Kingdom, since 2011. His research interests are in the areas of constitutional and administrative law, public procurement, mooting and legal education. It is only right to explain why I’m
October 25th 2022. The situation in the UK makes me more incredulous by the day. Rishi Sunak was crowned leader of the Conservative party by the MPs. This was caused by there being no other candidate left standing at the deadline of 2 pm on Monday 24th October. According to
Alan Shipman The Open University Alan Shipman is a senior lecturer in economics at the Open University. He returned to research and teaching on the economy after it crashed in 2008, having (mis)spent years as an emerging-markets analyst, consultant and business journalist. As the incoming UK prime minister, Rishi
Victoria Honeyman University of Leeds Since completing her PhD at the University of Leeds in 2005, Victoria Honeyman has taught on a wide range of modules. Her primary specialism is British Politics, with a particular specialism in British foreign policy. When Rishi Sunak lost to Liz Truss in the first
Information Opinion As the “Noah’s Ark” period of Liz Truss’s UK Prime Ministership (hint: “reigned” for 40 days and 40 nights) draws to its humiliating close, the big question is whether Rishi Sunak is the rainbow: God promising never to do it again. The odds do favour nobody
Guy Hatchard GLOBE.GLOBAL hatchardreport.com Information Opinion The UK Times runs a story “After centuries of cut, burn and poison, could a jab cure cancer?” by Tom Whipple. 11,000 miles away the same story appears in Stuff newspaper. This is one of those ‘isn’t it wonderful?’ reassuring
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former minister in the 1984-1990 governments When Liz Truss announced her resignation as British Prime Minister some wag observed that she’d achieved a lot:
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Below is Stuart Smith’s response. The cost of living crisis is affecting every New Zealander, whether it be at the supermarket, increases in rent or paying off your mortgage – high prices are biting and making it tougher for Kiwis to get ahead. This month,
The classic movie Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore has an amusing opening scene: the boy is lying on the floor listening to All The Way From Memphis and the eponymous Alice asks, “Why do we need to listen to Mott The Hoople 24 hours per day. Can you tell
