Andy Burnham (Liverpool, 54 years old) does not dress like a mayor. Black pants and T-shirt, black blazer, he has the elegance of a mature British alternative rock star from the late eighties. He could be the fifth member of his beloved The Smiths. The Labor politician is in charge of a city – Manchester, … Read more
Andy Burnham (Liverpool, 54 years old) does not dress like a mayor. Black pants and T-shirt, black blazer, he has the elegance of a mature British alternative rock star from the late eighties. He could be the fifth member of his beloved The Smiths. The Labor politician is in charge of a city – Manchester, … Read more
The head of the United Kingdom Economy, Jeremy Hunt, who once unsuccessfully aspired to occupy number 10 Downing Street, has become the lifeline for prime ministers in the last two years. His incorporation into the Liz Truss Government managed to straighten out the accounts after a brief and turbulent mandate that sank the country’s international … Read more
Politics avoids empty spaces, and someone always emerges with an answer—no matter how populist or self-serving—to unresolved crises. The ambiguity with which the leader of the Labor Party, Keir Starmer, has so far treated the all-out invasion that Israel has launched against Gaza has resurrected the unresolved war within his party. George Galloway, the former … Read more
This Friday, Rishi Sunak used all the solemnity that comes with appearing before the legendary door of number 10 Downing Street – the usual setting for announcing a resignation or an early election – to warn the British that UK democracy is seriously threatened. for extremism. Sunak wanted to give an image of equanimity, and … Read more