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Farrukh Dhondy | Amid dog-whistle politics, did Sunak go easy on Suella?
Cruella, in an attempt to drown the noisy negative publicity, has resorted to dog-whistle politics
27 May 2023 12:24 AM
Farrukh Dhondy | Don’t Tories know immigration can bring UK into a globalised world?
The ambivalently named Illegal Migration Bill is now passing through the House of Lords. It’s in trouble
20 May 2023 12:00 AM
Kishwar Desai | Young stay aloof from monarchy; Liverpool hit by Eurovision fever
It seems the elderly British are super-loyal and believe the monarchy is a strength. But those under 30 are indifferent or hostile
15 May 2023 12:05 AM
Farrukh Dhondy | Sleaze, hypocrisy, fraud, corruption: The many ills that bedevil UK today
The sin of some other nations puts the UK in the listening side of the confessional
13 May 2023 12:05 AM
Farrukh Dhondy | As King Charles III crowned, thoughts about democracy and its alternatives
Millions all over the world will watch as the BBC covers hours of march pasts by troops
06 May 2023 12:05 AM
Farrukh Dhondy | What’s ‘fun’ can be offensive too… UK may have a ‘double standard’ on hate
The observation was inspired this week, gentle reader, by the recent incidents of supposed anti-religious bias
29 Apr 2023 12:05 AM
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Coronation frenzy in UK as crises plague Sunak, others
The betting now is on who will be next as a whiff of concealment if not corruption hangs over Mr Sunak and his wife
28 Apr 2023 12:00 AM
Farrukh Dhondy | Fresh mess in land of ‘Hedgimaharaj’: On maths teachers & nannies for kids
The first scene is set in a church hall which acts as a food bank, where volunteers hand out parcels, cans, vegetables, fruit
22 Apr 2023 12:05 AM
AA Edit | Sunak under Labour fire
Labour Party chief Keri Starmer had chosen to make personal attacks against the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in advertisements.
18 Apr 2023 12:14 AM
Farrukh Dhondy | Why Sunak allows ‘racist rhetoric’ by Suella: Will it help keep him at No. 10?
Baroness Warsi, a former co-chair of the Tory Party, has criticised home secretary Suella “Cruella” Braverman for using “racist rhetoric”
15 Apr 2023 12:05 AM
Farrukh Dhondy | Of free speech and the Left, of Asians in UK & ‘cancel culture’
All The Spectator’s writers, boobies and cry-babies, protest against the “cancel culture” which denies the likes of Suella a platform
25 Mar 2023 12:14 AM
Farrukh Dhondy | Trouble grows for Sunak after Lineker stands up for asylum seekers
Lineker’s intervention will certainly count against Cruella, Hedgie and their party at the next election
18 Mar 2023 12:19 AM
AA Edit | BBC & Lineker: Sorry spectacle
The backlash was enough to disrupt the weekend programmes thanks to staff, analysts and players demonstrating their solidarity with Lineker
15 Mar 2023 12:10 AM
Farrukh Dhondy | Northern Ireland deal with EU is a big win for Rishi: But will it work?
BoJo’s Northern Ireland Protocol created what the Protestant Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) call a “border in the North Sea”
04 Mar 2023 12:19 AM
Farrukh Dhondy | Hedgie desperate to clean up mess, as BoJo all out to return to No. 10
BoJo signed a deal whereby the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland would remain open for the passage of goods
25 Feb 2023 12:05 AM
AA Edit | A blow to Free Scotland?
Nicola blamed herself for becoming a polarising figure though reasons for her voluntarily stepping down could be sighted in other things
17 Feb 2023 12:10 AM
AA Edit | Bleak Christmas in Sunak’s Britain
Mr Sunak has little cause to celebrate his days at 10 Downing Street surpassing the short-lived tenure of his predecessor Liz Truss
17 Dec 2022 12:15 AM
Farrukh Dhondy | Of right-wing bigots, religion & (in)tolerance in today’s UK
What the statistic tells us is that the influence of religion over life in Britain, unlike, say, in Iran or Afghanistan, is dwindling
03 Dec 2022 12:05 AM
Kishwar Desai | Christmas lights across London as UK heads for winter of strikes
It is all balle-balle for one community, purely because Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has taken over
28 Nov 2022 1:53 AM
PM Modi holds talks with British counterpart Sunak
After his talks with Sunak, Modi said India attaches great importance to the robust India-UK ties
16 Nov 2022 6:31 PM
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